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CVE-2023-49288

Public on 2023-12-04
Modified on 2024-01-12
Description

Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. Affected versions of squid are subject to a a Use-After-Free bug which can lead to a Denial of Service attack via collapsed forwarding. All versions of Squid from 3.5 up to and including 5.9 configured with "collapsed_forwarding on" are vulnerable. Configurations with "collapsed_forwarding off" or without a "collapsed_forwarding" directive are not vulnerable. This bug is fixed by Squid version 6.0.1. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should remove all collapsed_forwarding lines from their squid.conf.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
8.6
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2023 squid 2024-03-27 22:12 ALAS2023-2024-578

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Red Hat: CVE-2023-49288 Mitre: CVE-2023-49288 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity