DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12521

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-12521
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12521.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12521
Upstream
Published
2020-04-15T19:15:12Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:22Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in Squid through 4.7. When Squid is parsing ESI, it keeps the ESI elements in ESIContext. ESIContext contains a buffer for holding a stack of ESIElements. When a new ESIElement is parsed, it is added via addStackElement. addStackElement has a check for the number of elements in this buffer, but it's off by 1, leading to a Heap Overflow of 1 element. The overflow is within the same structure so it can't affect adjacent memory blocks, and thus just leads to a crash while processing.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / squid

Package

Name
squid
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/squid?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.11-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / squid

Package

Name
squid
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/squid?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.11-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / squid

Package

Name
squid
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/squid?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.11-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / squid

Package

Name
squid
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/squid?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.11-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}