# CVE-2020-24606: Squid before 4.13 and 5.x before 5.0.4 allows a trusted peer to perform Denial of Service by consuming all available CPU cycles during handl

- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:N/I:N/PR:N/S:C/UI:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-08-24 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Squid before 4.13 and 5.x before 5.0.4 allows a trusted peer to perform Denial of Service by consuming all available CPU cycles during handling of a crafted Cache Digest response message. This only occurs when cache_peer is used with the cache digests feature. The problem exists because peerDigestHandleReply() livelocking in peer_digest.cc mishandles EOF.

## What to do

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## References

- https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-vvj7-xjgq-g2jg
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/SQUID-2020_9.patch
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4751
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4477-1/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HJJDI7JQFGQLVNCKMVY64LAFMKERAOK7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BMTFLVB7GLRF2CKGFPZ4G4R5DIIPHWI3/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00017.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BE6FKUN7IGTIR2MEEMWYDT7N5EJJLZI2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4551-1/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00005.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210219-0007/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210226-0007/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210226-0006/

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