CVE-2020-15811
An issue was discovered in Squid before 4.13 and 5.x before 5.0.4. Due to incorrect data validation, HTTP Request Splitting attacks may succeed against HTTP and HTTPS traffic. This leads to cache
02 Description
An issue was discovered in Squid before 4.13 and 5.x before 5.0.4. Due to incorrect data validation, HTTP Request Splitting attacks may succeed against HTTP and HTTPS traffic. This leads to cache
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.06% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-09-02 16:35Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 13:30Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-07-17
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 820e6186893d80fc916c6c0a3b5c71898922bfd1421244762ab1499a0f7b9aa1
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-c7p8-xqhm-49wv
- www.debian.orgDSA-4751https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4751
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4477-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4477-1/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-73af8655ebhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HJJDI7JQFGQLVNCKMVY64LAFMKERAOK7/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-63f3bd656ehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BMTFLVB7GLRF2CKGFPZ4G4R5DIIPHWI3/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1346http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00012.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1369http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00017.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-6c58bff862https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BE6FKUN7IGTIR2MEEMWYDT7N5EJJLZI2/
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4551-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4551-1/
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20201002 [SECURITY] [DLA 2394-1] squid3 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00005.html
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210219-0007/
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210226-0007/
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210226-0006/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- squid Fixed in 4.13-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- squid Fixed in 4.13-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- squid Fixed in 4.13-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- squid3 Fixed in 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.15
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- squid3 Fixed in 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.9
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- squid Fixed in 4.10-1ubuntu1.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.