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Mythos uncovers 'Squidbleed' memory leak dating back to 1990s
Security firm Mythos discovered 'Squidbleed,' a memory leak in the Squid caching proxy that has existed since the 1990s. The vulnerability allows attackers to extract sensitive data from memory. Mythos also disclosed flaws in NetWare, FTP, and HTTP protocols.
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While the age of the bug is attention-grabbing, the real story is how many legacy systems still rely on Squid, making this a significant but patchable risk.
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