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DEBIAN-CVE-2023-49288

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-49288 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13squid0, 0, 0
Debian:11squid4.13-10+deb11u4, 4.13-10+deb11u6, 5.2-1
Debian:12squid5.7-2+deb12u4, 6.1-1, 6.1-2
Debian:14squid0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Dec 4, 2023 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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