Vulnerability in the Squid proxy server that allows bypassing access restrictions
Details of vulnerabilities in the Squid proxy server have been disclosed, which were quietly fixed last year in version 4.8 of Squid. The issues reside in the code handling the '@' block at the beginning of the URL ('user@host') and allow bypassing access restriction rules, sending cache content, and performing cross-site scripting attacks. CVE-2019-12524 — a client can exploit this through a specially crafted […]
