Improper Buffer Management in Squid Proxy Server Leads to Denial of Service

Improper Buffer Management in Squid Proxy Server Leads to Denial of Service

CVE-2021-46784 · MEDIUM Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

In Squid 3.x through 3.5.28, 4.x through 4.17, and 5.x before 5.6, due to improper buffer management, a Denial of Service can occur when processing long Gopher server responses.

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