CVE-2023-50269 — HIGH (8.6)

Q: How severe is CVE-2023-50269?

CVE-2023-50269 has been rated HIGH with a CVSS base score of 8.6/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Q: Is there a patch for CVE-2023-50269?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Squid-Cache Squid.

Vulnerability Description

Squid is a caching proxy for the Web. Due to an Uncontrolled Recursion bug in versions 2.6 through 2.7.STABLE9, versions 3.1 through 5.9, and versions 6.0.1 through 6.5, Squid may be vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack against HTTP Request parsing. This problem allows a remote client to perform Denial of Service attack by sending a large X-Forwarded-For header when the follow_x_forwarded_for feature is configured. This bug is fixed by Squid version 6.6. In addition, patches addressing this problem for the stable releases can be found in Squid's patch archives.

CVSS Score

8.6

HIGH

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

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality

NONE

Integrity

NONE

Availability

HIGH

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Squid-Cache	Squid	>= 3.1, <= 5.9

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-674

References

FAQ

What is CVE-2023-50269?

CVE-2023-50269 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.6 (HIGH). Squid is a caching proxy for the Web. Due to an Uncontrolled Recursion bug in versions 2.6 through 2.7.STABLE9, versions 3.1 through 5.9, and versions 6.0.1 through 6.5, Squid may be vulnerable to a D...

How severe is CVE-2023-50269?

CVE-2023-50269 has been rated HIGH with a CVSS base score of 8.6/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2023-50269?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Squid-Cache Squid.