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Incorrect Check of Function Return Value The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package squid  (opens in a new tab)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-SQUID-11470457
  • published5 Aug 2025
  • disclosed4 Dec 2023
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Introduced: 4 Dec 2023

CVE-2023-49286  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-253  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:9.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream squid package and not the squid package as distributed by RHEL.

Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. Due to an Incorrect Check of Function Return Value bug Squid is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack against its Helper process management. This bug is fixed by Squid version 6.5. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.