CVE-2019-12522:An issue was discovered in Squid through 4.7. When Squid is run as root, it spawns its child processes as a lesser user, by default the user nobody. This is done via the leave_suid call. leave_suid leaves the Saved UID as 0. This makes it trivial for an attacker who has compromised the child process to escalate their privileges back to root.

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An issue was discovered in Squid through 4.7. When Squid is run as root, it spawns its child processes as a lesser user, by default the user nobody. This is done via the leave_suid call. leave_suid leaves the Saved UID as 0. This makes it trivial for an attacker who has compromised the child process to escalate their privileges back to root.

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  1. Manufacturing
    Manufacturing
  2. Health Care & Social Assistance
    Health Care & Social Assistance
  3. Arts, Entertainment & Recreation
    Arts, Entertainment & Recreation
  4. Finance and Insurance
    Finance and Insurance
  5. Management of Companies & Enterprises
    Management of Companies & Enterprises
  6. Other Services (except Public Administration)
    Other Services (except Public Administration)
  7. Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services
    Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services
  8. Public Administration
    Public Administration
  9. Educational Services
    Educational Services
  10. Information
    Information
  11. Retail Trade
    Retail Trade
  12. Transportation & Warehousing
    Transportation & Warehousing
  13. Accommodation & Food Services
    Accommodation & Food Services
  14. Administrative, Support, Waste Management & Remediation Services
    Administrative, Support, Waste Management & Remediation Services
  15. Agriculture, Forestry Fishing & Hunting
    Agriculture, Forestry Fishing & Hunting
  16. Construction
    Construction
  17. Mining
    Mining
  18. Real Estate Rental & Leasing
    Real Estate Rental & Leasing
  19. Utilities
    Utilities
  20. Wholesale Trade
    Wholesale Trade

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