Squid Proxy up to 6.0.0 Collapsed Forwarding use after free
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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7.1 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Squid Proxy up to 6.0.0 (Firewall Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Collapsed Forwarding Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:
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.
The weakness was released 12/05/2023 as GHSA-rj5h-46j6-q2g5. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-49288 since 11/24/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/23/2023).
Upgrading to version 6.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.1VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 7.5
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CNA Base Score: 8.6
CNA Vector (GitHub, Inc.): 🔒
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Use after freeCWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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ATT&CK: 🔒
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔒
Upgrade: Proxy 6.0.1
Timeline
11/24/2023 CVE reserved12/05/2023 Advisory disclosed
12/05/2023 VulDB entry created
12/23/2023 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: squid-cache.orgAdvisory: GHSA-rj5h-46j6-q2g5
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2023-49288 (🔒)
Entry
Created: 12/05/2023 08:29Updated: 12/23/2023 13:55
Changes: 12/05/2023 08:29 (52), 12/05/2023 13:40 (1), 12/23/2023 13:55 (11)
Complete: 🔍
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