Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

July 17, 2022, 10:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 6:34 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2021-46784 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-46784 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 Debian debian_linux
1 Squid-cache squid
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-46784.

URL Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/13/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/13/10
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/21/1
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/SQUID-2021_7.patch Broken Link
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v5/changesets/SQUID-2021_7.patch Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commit/5e2ea2b13bd98f53e29964ca26bb0d602a8a12b9 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-f5cp-6rh3-284w Mitigation Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-46784 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221223-0007/ Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/13/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/13/10
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/21/1
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/SQUID-2021_7.patch Broken Link
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v5/changesets/SQUID-2021_7.patch Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commit/5e2ea2b13bd98f53e29964ca26bb0d602a8a12b9 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-f5cp-6rh3-284w Mitigation Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-46784 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221223-0007/ Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

A detailed repository of vulnerabilities that I discovered in The Squid Caching Proxy.

Updated: 1 month ago
22 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Oct. 9, 2023, 3:44 p.m. This repo has been linked 22 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-46784 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-46784 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 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/13/1
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/13/10
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/21/1
    Added Reference http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/SQUID-2021_7.patch
    Added Reference http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v5/changesets/SQUID-2021_7.patch
    Added Reference https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commit/5e2ea2b13bd98f53e29964ca26bb0d602a8a12b9
    Added Reference https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-f5cp-6rh3-284w
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221223-0007/
    Added Reference https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-46784
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Oct. 22, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/21/1 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/13/10 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/13/1 [No Types Assigned]
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-400 CWE-617
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 19, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221223-0007/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221223-0007/ Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 23, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221223-0007/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 27, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/SQUID-2021_7.patch No Types Assigned http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/SQUID-2021_7.patch Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v5/changesets/SQUID-2021_7.patch No Types Assigned http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v5/changesets/SQUID-2021_7.patch Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commit/5e2ea2b13bd98f53e29964ca26bb0d602a8a12b9 No Types Assigned https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commit/5e2ea2b13bd98f53e29964ca26bb0d602a8a12b9 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-f5cp-6rh3-284w No Types Assigned https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-f5cp-6rh3-284w Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-46784 No Types Assigned https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-46784 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-400
    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) 4.17 *cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.0 up to (excluding) 5.6
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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-2021-46784 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-2021-46784 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

5.26 }} 1.35%

score

0.92929

percentile

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