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CVE-2023-49285

Buffer Over-read

Published: Dec 04, 2023 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.5 IMPORTANT
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49285
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/126.html

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.

Weakness

The product reads from a buffer using buffer access mechanisms such as indexes or pointers that reference memory locations after the targeted buffer.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
SquidSquid-cache*6.4 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatsquid-7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.10*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatsquid:4-8090020231207155957.a75119d5*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update SupportRedHatsquid:4-8020020240122164331.4cda2c84*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update ServiceRedHatsquid:4-8020020240122164331.4cda2c84*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP SolutionsRedHatsquid:4-8020020240122164331.4cda2c84*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update SupportRedHatsquid:4-8040020240122165847.522a0ee4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update ServiceRedHatsquid:4-8040020240122165847.522a0ee4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP SolutionsRedHatsquid:4-8040020240122165847.522a0ee4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update SupportRedHatsquid:4-8060020231222131040.ad008a3a*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update SupportRedHatsquid:4-8080020231222130009.63b34585*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9RedHatsquid-7:5.5-6.el9_3.5*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update SupportRedHatsquid-7:5.2-1.el9_0.4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update SupportRedHatsquid-7:5.5-5.el9_2.3*
SquidUbuntubionic*
SquidUbuntudevel*
SquidUbuntuesm-infra/focal*
SquidUbuntufocal*
SquidUbuntujammy*
SquidUbuntulunar*
SquidUbuntumantic*
SquidUbuntunoble*
SquidUbuntutrusty*
SquidUbuntuupstream*
SquidUbuntuxenial*
Squid3Ubuntubionic*
Squid3Ubuntuesm-infra/bionic*
Squid3Ubuntuesm-infra/xenial*
Squid3Ubuntutrusty*
Squid3Ubuntuxenial*

References

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