CVE-2018-1172 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Squid versions 3.5.27 through 20180318. It allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash the Squid proxy by sending a specially crafted request that triggers a null pointer dereference in the sslBumpAccessCheck() function. Rated Medium severity with a CVSSv3 score of 5.9, exploitation requires high attack complexity but can lead to a complete denial of service for users. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.5.27CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.5.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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