CVE-2021-28651: debian debian_linux
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2021-28651 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 7.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 14 · Related 9Timeline
- 27-05-2021PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 03-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
An issue was discovered in Squid before 4.15 and 5.x before 5.0.6. Due to a buffer-management bug, it allows a denial of service. When resolving a request with the urn: scheme, the parser leaks a small amount of memory. However, there is an unspecified attack methodology that can easily trigger a large amount of memory consumption.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
7.45%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
94%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 7.45% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (bugs.squid-cache.org)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian2 products
- squid< 4.13-10
- debian_linuxEOL9.0 | 10.0
Ubuntu2 products
- squid< 4.10-1ubuntu1.4
- squid3< 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm3 | < 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.11
Alpine1 product
- squid≥ 2.0, < 4.15-r0 | ≥ 2.0, < 5.0.6-r0
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL33 | 34
Netapp1 product
Squid-cache1 product
- squid≥ 2.0, < 4.15 | ≥ 5.0, < 5.0.6
6 vendors · 8 products
References
15 links- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/…Vendor Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/…Vendor Advisory
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210716-0007/Third Party Advisory