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CVE-2021-28116 (GCVE-0-2021-28116)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-03-09 21:44 – Updated: 2024-08-03 21:33
VLAI
Summary
Squid through 4.14 and 5.x through 5.0.5, in some configurations, allows information disclosure because of an out-of-bounds read in WCCP protocol data. This can be leveraged as part of a chain for remote code execution as nobody.
Severity
3.7 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AC:H/AV:N/A:N/C:L/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
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