Red Hat Security Advisory: squid:4 security update
Squid is a high-performance proxy caching server for web clients, supporting FTP, and HTTP data objects. Security Fix(es): * squid: Denial of Service in HTTP Chunked Decoding (CVE-2024-25111) * squid: denial of service in HTTP header parser (CVE-2024-25617) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
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Technical Summary
This advisory covers two denial of service vulnerabilities in squid:4, a high-performance proxy caching server. CVE-2024-25111 involves a denial of service in HTTP chunked decoding, while CVE-2024-25617 involves a denial of service in the HTTP header parser. Both issues could cause the squid service to crash or become unresponsive. Red Hat has released updated packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 variants to address these vulnerabilities. The advisory references Red Hat's errata RHSA-2024:1832 and provides instructions for applying the update, which includes an automatic restart of the squid service.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could result in denial of service conditions, causing the squid proxy server to crash or become unresponsive, thereby disrupting web proxy services. No information is provided about code execution or data compromise. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated squid:4 packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 variants that fix these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the update as detailed in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2024:1832 (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258). The update will automatically restart the squid service. Applying this official fix is the recommended mitigation.
Red Hat Security Advisory: squid:4 security update
Description
Squid is a high-performance proxy caching server for web clients, supporting FTP, and HTTP data objects. Security Fix(es): * squid: Denial of Service in HTTP Chunked Decoding (CVE-2024-25111) * squid: denial of service in HTTP header parser (CVE-2024-25617) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Affected software
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This advisory covers two denial of service vulnerabilities in squid:4, a high-performance proxy caching server. CVE-2024-25111 involves a denial of service in HTTP chunked decoding, while CVE-2024-25617 involves a denial of service in the HTTP header parser. Both issues could cause the squid service to crash or become unresponsive. Red Hat has released updated packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 variants to address these vulnerabilities. The advisory references Red Hat's errata RHSA-2024:1832 and provides instructions for applying the update, which includes an automatic restart of the squid service.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could result in denial of service conditions, causing the squid proxy server to crash or become unresponsive, thereby disrupting web proxy services. No information is provided about code execution or data compromise. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated squid:4 packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 variants that fix these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the update as detailed in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2024:1832 (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258). The update will automatically restart the squid service. Applying this official fix is the recommended mitigation.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2024:1832
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2024-25617"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a3e805ccef61ccff9700ce1
Added to database: 06/26/2026, 13:36:28 UTC
Last enriched: 06/26/2026, 13:41:48 UTC
Last updated: 07/04/2026, 08:51:17 UTC
Views: 4
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