CVE-2023-49285 HIGH

CVE-2023-49285: Denial of Service in HTTP Message Processing in Squid

Vendor Squid-Cache
Product squid
Weakness CWE-126
Published December 4, 2023
Last update February 13, 2025
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CVSS base score

8.6/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. Due to a Buffer Overread bug Squid is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack against Squid HTTP Message processing. This bug is fixed by Squid version 6.5. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 4, 2023 CVE published
February 13, 2025 Record updated