CVE-2023-49285
HIGHsquid < 6.4 - Denial of Service via HTTP Message Processing Buffer Overread
Title source: llmDescription
Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. Due to a Buffer Overread bug Squid is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack against Squid HTTP Message processing. This bug is fixed by Squid version 6.5. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/A5QASTMCUSUEW3UOMKHZJB3FTONWSRXS/
Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240119-0004/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MEV66D3PAAY6K7TWDT3WZBLCPLASFJDC/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-8w9r-p88v-mmx9
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commit/77b3fb4df0f126784d5fd4967c28ed40eb8d521b
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commit/deee944f9a12c9fd399ce52f3e2526bb573a9470
Broken Link x_refsource_misc
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v5/SQUID-2023_7.patch
Broken Link x_refsource_misc
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v6/SQUID-2023_7.patch
Scores
CVSS v3
8.6
EPSS
0.8882
EPSS Percentile
99.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-125
CWE-126
Status
published
Products (1)
squid-cache/squid
< 6.4
Published
Dec 04, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026