Red Hat Security Advisory: squid security update
A denial of service vulnerability (CVE-2024-45802) exists in Squid, a high-performance proxy caching server, when processing ESI response content. This issue affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support versions of Squid. Red Hat has released a security update to address this vulnerability.
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Technical Summary
CVE-2024-45802 is a denial of service vulnerability in the Squid proxy caching server related to processing ESI response content. Red Hat Product Security has released security advisories RHSA-2024:9738 and RHSA-2024:9624 addressing this issue for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Life Cycle Support and 8.2 Advanced Update Support respectively. The advisories provide updated packages to remediate the vulnerability. The vulnerability is categorized under CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation). No CVSS base score is provided in the advisory or CVE data.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows an attacker to cause a denial of service condition in the Squid proxy server by exploiting how ESI response content is processed. This could disrupt proxy services and affect availability of web caching and proxy functionality on affected systems. Red Hat rates the security impact as Important.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated packages for affected versions of Squid in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Life Cycle Support and 8.2 Advanced Update Support. Users should apply these official updates promptly to remediate the vulnerability. For detailed update instructions, refer to Red Hat's article at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated in the advisory.
Red Hat Security Advisory: squid security update
Description
A denial of service vulnerability (CVE-2024-45802) exists in Squid, a high-performance proxy caching server, when processing ESI response content. This issue affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support versions of Squid. Red Hat has released a security update to address this vulnerability.
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-45802 is a denial of service vulnerability in the Squid proxy caching server related to processing ESI response content. Red Hat Product Security has released security advisories RHSA-2024:9738 and RHSA-2024:9624 addressing this issue for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Life Cycle Support and 8.2 Advanced Update Support respectively. The advisories provide updated packages to remediate the vulnerability. The vulnerability is categorized under CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation). No CVSS base score is provided in the advisory or CVE data.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows an attacker to cause a denial of service condition in the Squid proxy server by exploiting how ESI response content is processed. This could disrupt proxy services and affect availability of web caching and proxy functionality on affected systems. Red Hat rates the security impact as Important.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated packages for affected versions of Squid in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Life Cycle Support and 8.2 Advanced Update Support. Users should apply these official updates promptly to remediate the vulnerability. For detailed update instructions, refer to Red Hat's article at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated in the advisory.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2024:9738
- Cve Count
- 1
Threat ID: 6a3da1eb4853345fc1830271
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 21:47:23 UTC
Last enriched: 08/06/2026, 23:26:22 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:48 UTC
Views: 24
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