CVE-2023-49286

Denial of Service in Helper Process management

Published Dec 4, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 8.6 High EPSS 10.4% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3709-1 squid security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5637-1 squid security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-53279 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6594-1 Squid vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6857-1 Squid vulnerabilities
History

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Feb 13, 2025, 5:18 PM
Reserved
Nov 24, 2023, 4:45 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 4, 2023, 11:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:35 AM
Severity
Important
Public date
Dec 4, 2023, 12:00 AM