vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2023-49286: squid: Incorrect Check of Function Return Value In Helper Process management (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Dec 4, 2023 | Jan 5, 2024 | Sep 15, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Dec 4, 2023
Added
Jan 5, 2024
Modified
Sep 15, 2025
Description
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.
Solutions
no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-libecapredhat-upgrade-libecap-debuginforedhat-upgrade-libecap-debugsourceredhat-upgrade-libecap-develredhat-upgrade-squidredhat-upgrade-squid-debuginforedhat-upgrade-squid-debugsourceredhat-upgrade-squid-migration-scriptredhat-upgrade-squid-sysvinit
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