CVE-2018-1000027

High

Description

The Squid Software Foundation Squid HTTP Caching Proxy version prior to version 4.0.23 contains a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in HTTP Response X-Forwarded-For header processing that can result in Denial of Service to all clients of the proxy. This attack appear to be exploitable via Remote HTTP server responding with an X-Forwarded-For header to certain types of HTTP request. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 4.0.23 and later.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductSquid
PublishedFeb 9, 2018
First seenFeb 9, 2018

How to fix

Update
  • squid-cache squid4.0.23 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
squid-cache squidv < 4.0.234.0.23
debian debian_linux7.0, 8.0, 9.0—
canonical ubuntu_linux14.04, 16.04, 17.10—

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