CVE-2024-37894

Publication date 25 June 2024

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.3 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. Due to an Out-of-bounds Write error when assigning ESI variables, Squid is susceptible to a Memory Corruption error. This error can lead to a Denial of Service attack.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
squid 24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 6.6-1ubuntu5.1
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needed
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 5.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.2
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 4.10-1ubuntu1.13
squid3 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.14+esm3
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm4

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
squid

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 6.3 · Medium

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

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