Buffer Over-read Affecting squid-sysvinit package, versions <7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.10


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.17% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-SQUIDSYSVINIT-8017119
  • published17 Sept 2024
  • disclosed4 Dec 2023

Introduced: 4 Dec 2023

CVE-2023-49285  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-126  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 squid-sysvinit to version 7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:1787.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream squid-sysvinit package and not the squid-sysvinit package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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