CVE-2023-49288
Squid Collapsed Forwarding Use-After-Free Denial of Service
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 4, 2023, 11:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Jan. 19, 2024, 4:15 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
4.0
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2023-49288 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
A detailed repository of vulnerabilities that I discovered in The Squid Caching Proxy.
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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2023-49288 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 19, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240119-0006/ [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 29, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MEV66D3PAAY6K7TWDT3WZBLCPLASFJDC/ [No types assigned] Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/A5QASTMCUSUEW3UOMKHZJB3FTONWSRXS/ [No types assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 08, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-rj5h-46j6-q2g5 No Types Assigned https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-rj5h-46j6-q2g5 Vendor Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.5 up to (including) 5.9 -
CVE Received by [email protected]
Dec. 04, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description 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. Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-rj5h-46j6-q2g5 [No types assigned] Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-416 Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2023-49288 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2023-49288
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.31 }} -0.02%
score
0.70797
percentile