Null Pointer Dereference Vulnerability in Squid 3.5.27-20180318 Allows Remote Denial of Service

CVE-2018-1172 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

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