An issue was discovered in http/ContentLengthInterpreter.cc in Squid before 4.12 and 5.x before 5.0.3. A Request Smuggling and Poisoning attack can succeed against the HTTP cache. The client sends an HTTP request with a Content-Length header containing "+\ "-" or an uncommon shell whitespace character prefix to the length field-value.
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4732
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4551-1/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210312-0001/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00005.html
https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-qf3v-rc95-96j5
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00017.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00012.html