7.5
HIGH
CVE-2019-18676
Squid Denial of Service Buffer Overflow
Description

An issue was discovered in Squid 3.x and 4.x through 4.8. Due to incorrect input validation, there is a heap-based buffer overflow that can result in Denial of Service to all clients using the proxy. Severity is high due to this vulnerability occurring before normal security checks; any remote client that can reach the proxy port can trivially perform the attack via a crafted URI scheme.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 26, 2019, 5:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:06 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-18676 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Squid-cache squid

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-18676 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UEMOYTMCCFWK5NOXSXEIH5D2VGWVXR67/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MTM74TU2BSLT5B3H4F3UDW53672NVLMC/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UEMOYTMCCFWK5NOXSXEIH5D2VGWVXR67/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MTM74TU2BSLT5B3H4F3UDW53672NVLMC/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 03, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00009.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00009.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4446-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4446-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4682 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4682 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-20 CWE-787
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 05, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4446-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 11, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00009.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 09, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4682 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2019_8.txt No Types Assigned http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2019_8.txt Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-fbbdf75efd7a5cc244b4886a9d42ea458c5a3a73.patch No Types Assigned http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-fbbdf75efd7a5cc244b4886a9d42ea458c5a3a73.patch Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1156329 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1156329 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/pull/275 No Types Assigned https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/pull/275 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MTM74TU2BSLT5B3H4F3UDW53672NVLMC/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MTM74TU2BSLT5B3H4F3UDW53672NVLMC/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UEMOYTMCCFWK5NOXSXEIH5D2VGWVXR67/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UEMOYTMCCFWK5NOXSXEIH5D2VGWVXR67/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4213-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4213-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-20
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.0 up to (including) 3.5.28 *cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.0 up to (including) 4.8
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 05, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MTM74TU2BSLT5B3H4F3UDW53672NVLMC/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 05, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UEMOYTMCCFWK5NOXSXEIH5D2VGWVXR67/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 04, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4213-1/ [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-18676 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-18676 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.78 }} -0.70%

score

0.87742

percentile

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