CVE-2021-28651

An input validation flaw was found in Squid. This issue could allow a malicious server in collaboration with a trusted client to consume arbitrarily large amounts of memory on the server running Squid. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

This issue has been rated as having a security impact of Moderate. At this stage in their life, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 only accept Important and Critical Security Advisories (RHSAs) and this flaw does not meet these criteria. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata.

Red Hat Satellite does not ship the Squid package, however, does consume it from RHEL 7 repository. Product is not affected by this flaw as squid.conf configuration disables all the http_access fragments except the localhost.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

If possible, disable URN processing by adding the following lines in squid.conf:

acl URN proto URN
http_access deny URN