CVE-2023-49286

Published Dec 4, 2023

Last updated 10 months ago

Overview

Description: Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. Due to an Incorrect Check of Function Return Value bug Squid is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack against its Helper process management. This bug is fixed by Squid version 6.5. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Source: security-advisories@github.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.5
Impact score: 3.6
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity: HIGH

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-617
security-advisories@github.com: CWE-253

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "64A6EFAB-804C-4B6B-B609-2F5A797EACB0",
            "versionEndIncluding": "6.4"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References