vulnerability
CentOS Linux: CVE-2023-49285: Important: squid security update (CESA-2024:1787)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Dec 4, 2023 | Jan 5, 2024 | Jan 28, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Dec 4, 2023
Added
Jan 5, 2024
Modified
Jan 28, 2025
Description
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.
Solutions
centos-upgrade-squidcentos-upgrade-squid-debuginfocentos-upgrade-squid-migration-scriptcentos-upgrade-squid-sysvinit
References
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