What is CVE-2023-49285?

CVE-2023-49285 is a high-severity vulnerability in Squid-cache Squid, classified under Buffer Over-read. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2023-12-04.

How severe is CVE-2023-49285?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-49285 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Squid-cache Squid

CVE-2023-49285

Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. Due to a Buffer Overread bug Squid is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack against Squid HTTP Message processing. This bug is fixed by Squid version 6.5. Users…

EPSS: 0.096 (93.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Squid-cache Squid — versions >= 2.2, < 6.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-126 — Buffer Over-read

Public proof-of-concept exploits

MegaManSec/Squid-Security-Audit

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-49285?: CVE-2023-49285 is a high-severity vulnerability in Squid-cache Squid, classified under Buffer Over-read. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2023-12-04.
How severe is CVE-2023-49285?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-49285 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.