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    CVE-2023-49285

    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.

    Published:Dec 4, 2023
    Last Modified:Feb 13, 2025
    EPS:Dec 4, 2023
    EPSS Score:0.06709
    CVSS Score:8.6

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Aus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel E4s
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Eus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Tus
    Vendor
    Squid-cache
    Product
    Squid

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-540 Overread Buffers

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    References

    http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v5/SQUID-2023_7.patch
    http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v6/SQUID-2023_7.patch
    https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commit/77b3fb4df0f126784d5fd4967c28ed40eb8d521b
    https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commit/deee944f9a12c9fd399ce52f3e2526bb573a9470
    https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-8w9r-p88v-mmx9
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00003.html
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/A5QASTMCUSUEW3UOMKHZJB3FTONWSRXS/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MEV66D3PAAY6K7TWDT3WZBLCPLASFJDC/
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240119-0004/
    http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v5/SQUID-2023_7.patch
    http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v6/SQUID-2023_7.patch
    https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commit/77b3fb4df0f126784d5fd4967c28ed40eb8d521b
    https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commit/deee944f9a12c9fd399ce52f3e2526bb573a9470
    https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-8w9r-p88v-mmx9
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00003.html
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/A5QASTMCUSUEW3UOMKHZJB3FTONWSRXS/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MEV66D3PAAY6K7TWDT3WZBLCPLASFJDC/
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240119-0004/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High