CVE-2014-7142

Description

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

Category

6.4
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 64.23% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory squid-cache.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2014_4.txt vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00010.html vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60242 third party advisory permissions required
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=891268 issue tracking vdb entry third party advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/613 third party advisory mailing list
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/539 third party advisory mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70022 vdb entry
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2422-1 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00040.html vendor advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/626 third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-7142?
CVE-2014-7142 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-7142?
To fix CVE-2014-7142, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-7142 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-7142 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~64% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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