SB2023121502 - Denial of service in Squid
Published: December 15, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023121502
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Uncontrolled Recursion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-50269)
The vulnerability allows a remote client to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled recursion when parsing HTTP requests. A remote client can send a specially crafted HTTP request with the a large X-Forwarded-For header, when the follow_x_forwarded_for feature is configured, and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.