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ALPINE-CVE-2020-24606

ALPINE-CVE-2020-24606 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

Squid before 4.13 and 5.x before 5.0.4 allows a trusted peer to perform Denial of Service by consuming all available CPU cycles during handling of a crafted Cache Digest response message. This only occurs when cache_peer is used with the cache digests feature. The problem exists because peerDigestHandleReply() livelocking in peer_digest.cc mishandles EOF.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.21squid2.7.6-r11, 2.7.6-r12, 2.7.6-r2
Alpine:v3.18squid3.2.6-r0, 4.9-r0, 4.8-r1
Alpine:v3.10squid4.8-r1, 3.2.0.17-r2, 3.2.0.18-r0
Alpine:v3.9squid4.8-r0, 4.4-r1, 4.4-r0
Alpine:v3.15squid2.7.9-r4, 4.9-r0, 4.8-r1
Alpine:v3.12squid3.5.10-r0, 3.4.10-r0, 3.4.11-r0
Alpine:v3.23squid3.5.12-r0, 2.7.6-r8, 0
Alpine:v3.17squid2.7.6-r2, 3.4.5-r0, 3.4.6-r0
Alpine:v3.11squid3.2.0.19-r0, 2.7.6-r0, 2.7.6-r10
Alpine:v3.13squid3.2.0.12-r2, 3.2.0.12-r4, 3.2.0.12-r3
Alpine:v3.20squid2.7.6-r6, 4.9-r0, 4.8-r1
Alpine:v3.16squid3.5.14-r1, 3.5.14-r0, 3.5.13-r0
Alpine:v3.14squid3.5.23-r1, 3.2.0.16-r0, 3.2.0.13-r0
Alpine:v3.22squid3.4.12-r0, 3.3.5-r0, 3.3.6-r0
Alpine:v3.19squid3.5.15-r0, 3.5.15-r1, 3.5.16-r0

Timeline

  • Aug 24, 2020 CVE Published
  • Dec 3, 2025 CVE Updated
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
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