Vulnerability CVE-2021-41611


Published: 2021-10-18

Description:
An issue was discovered in Squid 5.0.6 through 5.1.x before 5.2. When validating an origin server or peer certificate, Squid may incorrectly classify certain certificates as trusted. This problem allows a remote server to obtain security trust well improperly. This indication of trust may be passed along to clients, allowing access to unsafe or hijacked services.

Type:

CWE-295

(Certificate Issues)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Squid-cache -> Squid 

 References:
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v6/changesets/squid-6-43d6b5c81b88ec2256b430c69a872a1e4f324e4a.patch
https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-47m4-g3mv-9q5r

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