CVE-2023-49286

CVE Details

Release Date:	2023-12-04
Impact:	Important	What is this?

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.

See more information about CVE-2023-49286 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	7.5
Vector String:	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Version:	3.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	None
User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (squid)	ELSA-2024-1787	2024-04-11
Oracle Linux version 8 (libecap)	ELSA-2024-0046	2024-01-04
Oracle Linux version 8 (squid)	ELSA-2024-0046	2024-01-04
Oracle Linux version 9 (squid)	ELSA-2024-0071	2024-01-10