Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting squid package, versions <7:4.15-7.module+el8.9.0+90184+ff65e696.10


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.38% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-SQUID-6476061
  • published22 Mar 2024
  • disclosed14 Dec 2023

Introduced: 14 Dec 2023

CVE-2023-50269  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 squid to version 7:4.15-7.module+el8.9.0+90184+ff65e696.10 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-1375.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream squid package and not the squid package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Scores

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