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CVE-2023-49286 Detail

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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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v6/SQUID-2023_8.patch Broken Link 
https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commit/6014c6648a2a54a4ecb7f952ea1163e0798f9264 Patch 
https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-xggx-9329-3c27 Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00003.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A5QASTMCUSUEW3UOMKHZJB3FTONWSRXS/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MEV66D3PAAY6K7TWDT3WZBLCPLASFJDC/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240119-0004/

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-617 Reachable Assertion cwe source acceptance level NIST   GitHub, Inc.  
CWE-754 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-253 Incorrect Check of Function Return Value GitHub, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-49286
NVD Published Date:
12/04/2023
NVD Last Modified:
01/19/2024
Source:
GitHub, Inc.