The pinger in Squid 3.x before 3.4.8 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted (1) ICMP or (2) ICMP6 packet size.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2014-7142 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue did not affect the versions of squid as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7 as they do not provide the vulnerable program "pinger".
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Adjacent Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | squid | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | squid | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | squid | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | squid | Not affected |
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