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CVE-2023-49286

Denial of Service in Helper Process management

Published: Dec 4, 2023Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-253
NVD MITRE
8.6CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
10.4%
Top 4.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:CC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-253CWE-617CWE-754

Affected Products

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP ApplicationsNovell Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE OpenStack CloudNovell Inc.
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Suse Linux Enterprise ServerNovell Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server ApplicationsNovell Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE OpenStack Cloud CrowbarNovell Inc.
On-premWeb App
Cloud & SaaS / cloud-platform
novell inc.commercialUSOperating Systems
and 16 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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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
and 15 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Dec 4, 2023
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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