CVE-2021-28652

An issue was discovered in Squid before 4.15 and 5.x before 5.0.6. Due to incorrect parser validation, it allows a Denial of Service attack against the Cache Manager API. This allows a trusted client to trigger memory leaks that. over time, lead to a Denial of Service via an unspecified short query string. This attack is limited to clients with Cache Manager API access privilege.

• CWE-401

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/14Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/11/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://bugs.squid-cache.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5106Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-m47m-9hvw-7447Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00014.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LSQ3U54ZCNXR44QRPW3AV2VCS6K3TKCF/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T4EPIWUZDJAXADDHVOPKRBTQHPBR6H66/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4924Third Party Advisory
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/14Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/11/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://bugs.squid-cache.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5106Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-m47m-9hvw-7447Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00014.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LSQ3U54ZCNXR44QRPW3AV2VCS6K3TKCF/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T4EPIWUZDJAXADDHVOPKRBTQHPBR6H66/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4924Third Party Advisory

Published

May 27, 2021

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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