CVE-2018-1172 (GCVE-0-2018-1172)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-05-16 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 03:51
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Summary
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to deny service on vulnerable installations of The Squid Software Foundation Squid 3.5.27-20180318. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within ClientRequestContext::sslBumpAccessCheck(). A crafted request can trigger the dereference of a null pointer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to create a denial-of-service condition to users of the system. Was ZDI-CAN-6088.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Assigner
zdi CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 73/100 over 109 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
The Squid Software Foundation The Squid Software Foundation Squid Affected: 3.5.27-20180318
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Date Public
2018-04-18 00:00
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