CVE-2020-8449

Publication date 4 February 2020

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

An issue was discovered in Squid before 4.10. Due to incorrect input validation, it can interpret crafted HTTP requests in unexpected ways to access server resources prohibited by earlier security filters.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
squid	21.04 hirsute	Fixed 4.9-2ubuntu4
	20.10 groovy	Fixed 4.9-2ubuntu4
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 4.9-2ubuntu4
	19.10 eoan	Fixed 4.8-1ubuntu2.2
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
squid3	21.04 hirsute	Not in release
	20.10 groovy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
	19.10 eoan	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.5
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.10
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
squid	Upstream: http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/SQUID-2020_1.patch Upstream: http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-b3a0719affab099c684f1cd62b79ab02816fa962.patch
squid3	Upstream: http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.5/changesets/SQUID-2020_1.patch

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.5 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

CVE-2020-8449

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Status

Patch details

Severity score breakdown

References

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