USN-4981-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2021-28651)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2021-06-03 16:24 – Updated: 2026-04-27 14:11 – Source website
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Summary
squid, squid3 vulnerabilities
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Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled requests with the urn: scheme. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to consume resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2021-28651)

Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled requests to the Cache Manager API. A remote attacker with access privileges could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to consume resources, leading to a denial of service. This issue was only addressed in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.10, and Ubuntu 21.04. (CVE-2021-28652)

Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain response headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue was only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.10, and Ubuntu 21.04. (CVE-2021-28662)

Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled range request processing. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-31806, CVE-2021-31807, CVE-2021-31808)

Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain HTTP responses. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-33620)

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  "details": "Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled requests with the\nurn: scheme. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause\nSquid to consume resources, leading to a denial of service.\n(CVE-2021-28651)\n\nJoshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled requests to the\nCache Manager API. A remote attacker with access privileges could possibly\nuse this issue to cause Squid to consume resources, leading to a denial of\nservice. This issue was only addressed in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.10,\nand Ubuntu 21.04. (CVE-2021-28652)\n\nJoshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain response\nheaders. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue was only affected\nUbuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.10, and Ubuntu 21.04. (CVE-2021-28662)\n\nJoshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled range request\nprocessing. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid\nto crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-31806,\nCVE-2021-31807, CVE-2021-31808)\n\nJoshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain HTTP\nresponses. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid\nto crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-33620)\n",
  "id": "USN-4981-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-27T14:11:27Z",
  "published": "2021-06-03T16:24:27Z",
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