Description
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 problem allows a remote client to perform Denial of Service attack by sending a large X-Forwarded-For header when the follow_x_forwarded_for feature is configured. This bug is fixed by Squid version 6.6. In addition, patches addressing this problem for the stable releases can be found in Squid's patch archives.
Published: 2023-12-14
Score: 8.6 High
EPSS: 1.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3709-1 squid security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5637-1 squid security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-55081 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 problem allows a remote client to perform Denial of Service attack by sending a large X-Forwarded-For header when the follow_x_forwarded_for feature is configured. This bug is fixed by Squid version 6.6. In addition, patches addressing this problem for the stable releases can be found in Squid's patch archives.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6594-1 Squid vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6857-1 Squid vulnerabilities
History

Wed, 21 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Aus Rhel E4s Rhel Eus Rhel Tus
Squid-cache Squid
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-21T14:31:00.896Z

Reserved: 2023-12-05T20:42:59.381Z

Link: CVE-2023-50269

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T22:16:46.315Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-12-14T18:15:45.070

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:36:47.383

Link: CVE-2023-50269

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2023-12-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-50269 - Bugzilla

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