# CVE-2014-7141: The pinger in Squid 3.x before 3.4.8 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds rea

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-11-26 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The pinger in Squid 3.x before 3.4.8 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a crafted type in an (1) ICMP or (2) ICMP6 packet.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2014_4.txt
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00010.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/612
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60242
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=891268
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69688
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/539
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2422-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00040.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/626

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