vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-28652: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P) | May 27, 2021 | Mar 26, 2024 | Dec 22, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
May 27, 2021
Added
Mar 26, 2024
Modified
Dec 22, 2025
Description
An issue was discovered in Squid before 4.15 and 5.x before 5.0.6. Due to incorrect parser validation, it allows a Denial of Service attack against the Cache Manager API. This allows a trusted client to trigger memory leaks that. over time, lead to a Denial of Service via an unspecified short query string. This attack is limited to clients with Cache Manager API access privilege.
Solution
alpine-linux-upgrade-squid
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