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UBUNTU-CVE-2019-18676 (CVE-2019-18676)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2019-11-26 17:15 – Updated: 2025-09-08 16:45 – Source website
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Details

An issue was discovered in Squid 3.x and 4.x through 4.8. Due to incorrect input validation, there is a heap-based buffer overflow that can result in Denial of Service to all clients using the proxy. Severity is high due to this vulnerability occurring before normal security checks; any remote client that can reach the proxy port can trivially perform the attack via a crafted URI scheme.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:45:39Z",
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