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squid: pinger OOB array index flaw in handling of ICMP replies (SQUID-2014:4)

Published Nov 26, 2014

Description

The pinger in Squid 3.x before 3.4.8 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a crafted type in an (1) ICMP or (2) ICMP6 packet.

Affected products

Remediation

Red Hat statement

This issue did not affect the versions of squid as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7 as they do not provide the vulnerable program "pinger".

Metrics

Weaknesses (2)

References (14)

Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 26, 2014
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Sep 22, 2014
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Low
Public date Sep 9, 2014