Use After Free Affecting libecap-devel package, versions <0:1.0.1-2.module+el8.9.0+1437+df5ea8f0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.78% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-LIBECAPDEVEL-15693294
  • published19 Mar 2026
  • disclosed4 Dec 2023

Introduced: 4 Dec 2023

CVE-2023-49288  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 libecap-devel to version 0:1.0.1-2.module+el8.9.0+1437+df5ea8f0 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2023:7668.

NVD Description

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

Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. Affected versions of squid are subject to a a Use-After-Free bug which can lead to a Denial of Service attack via collapsed forwarding. All versions of Squid from 3.5 up to and including 5.9 configured with "collapsed_forwarding on" are vulnerable. Configurations with "collapsed_forwarding off" or without a "collapsed_forwarding" directive are not vulnerable. This bug is fixed by Squid version 6.0.1. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should remove all collapsed_forwarding lines from their squid.conf.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1