CVE-2023-49286
Denial of Service in Helper Process management
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.
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:NAttack VectorNetwork
AC:LAttack ComplexityLow
PR:NPrivileges RequiredNone
UI:NUser InteractionNone
Scope
S:CScopeChanged
Impact
C:NConfidentialityNone
I:NIntegrityNone
A:HAvailabilityHigh
Weaknesses
Affected Products
Novell Inc.
commercial·US
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra
АО «НТЦ ИТ РОСА»
commercial·RU
squid-cache
oss-projectaka squid cache, squid
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
АО «ИВК»
commercial·RUaka ivk
and 6 more affected products View all →
Exploitability
Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique Impact
References
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v6/SQUID-2023_8.patch
squid-cache.org
https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commit/6014c6648a2a54a4ecb7f952ea1163e0798f9264
github.com
https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-xggx-9329-3c27
github.com
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