Redhat.comRH:CVE-2023-50269CVE-2023-50269
8.6 High
CVSS3
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
0.005 Low
EPSS
Percentile
75.3%
A flaw was found in Squid, which is susceptible to a Denial of Service (DoS) due to an Uncontrolled Recursion bug, specifically targeting HTTP Request parsing. Exploiting this issue involves a remote client initiating a DoS attack by sending an oversized X-Forwarded-For header when the follow_x_forwarded_for feature is configured. This issue poses a threat to the stability and availability of the Squid service.
Mitigation
Remove all "follow_x_forwarded_for" lines from squid.conf.
References
Related
8.6 High
CVSS3
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
0.005 Low
EPSS
Percentile
75.3%