UBUNTU-CVE-2023-49286

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-49286

    Published: 4 Dec 2023Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-49286

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-49286, https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-xggx-9329-3c27, https://megamansec.github.io/Squid-Security-Audit/ipc-assert.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6594-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-49286, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6857-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: squid3

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm3?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm3

    Affected versions

    3.3.8-1ubuntu16
    3.3.8-1ubuntu17

    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
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