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High USN-6594-1 3 CVEs

squid vulnerabilities

Published Jan 23, 2024 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled HTTP message
processing. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-49285)

Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled Helper process
management. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-49286)

Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled HTTP request
parsing. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-50269)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS squid 4.10-1ubuntu1.9
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS squid 5.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.3

Vulnerabilities 3

  • High 8.6
    CVE-2023-49285 EPSS 88%

    Denial of Service in HTTP Message Processing in Squid

    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 upgr…

  • High 8.6
    CVE-2023-49286 EPSS 10%

    Denial of Service in Helper Process management

    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.…

  • High 8.6
    CVE-2023-50269 EPSS 58%

    SQUID-2023:10 Denial of Service in HTTP Request parsing

    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 …

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-49285
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-49286
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-50269