CVE-2023-49286

2023-12-0423:15:27

Alpine Linux Development Team

security.alpinelinux.org

cve-2023-49286

web proxy

denial of service

helper process management

upgrade

vulnerability

unix

CVSS3

8.6

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

AI Score

6.9

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.019

Percentile

88.7%

JSON

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.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Alpine3.18-mainnoarchsquid= 5.9-r0UNKNOWN
Alpine3.17-mainnoarchsquid= 5.7-r0UNKNOWN
Alpine3.16-mainnoarchsquid= 5.5-r1UNKNOWN
Alpineedge-mainnoarchsquid< 6.5-r0UNKNOWN
Alpine3.19-mainnoarchsquid< 6.5-r0UNKNOWN
Alpine3.20-mainnoarchsquid< 6.5-r0UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
Alpine	3.18-main	noarch	squid	= 5.9-r0	UNKNOWN
Alpine	3.17-main	noarch	squid	= 5.7-r0	UNKNOWN
Alpine	3.16-main	noarch	squid	= 5.5-r1	UNKNOWN
Alpine	edge-main	noarch	squid	< 6.5-r0	UNKNOWN
Alpine	3.19-main	noarch	squid	< 6.5-r0	UNKNOWN
Alpine	3.20-main	noarch	squid	< 6.5-r0	UNKNOWN