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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.151251
Category:Web Servers
Title:Squid DoS Vulnerability (GHSA-73m6-jm96-c6r3, SQUID-2023:4)
Summary:Squid is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in; the SSL Certificate validation.
Description:Summary:
Squid is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in
the SSL Certificate validation.

Vulnerability Insight:
Due to an Improper Validation of Specified Index bug Squid is
vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack against SSL Certificate validation.

This flaw was part of the 'Squid Caching Proxy Security Audit: 55 vulnerabilities and 35 0days'
publication in October 2023 and filed as 'Buffer UnderRead in SSL CN Parsing'.

Affected Software/OS:
Squid version 3.3.0.1 through 6.3.

Solution:
Update to version 6.4 or later.

CVSS Score:
7.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-46724
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MEV66D3PAAY6K7TWDT3WZBLCPLASFJDC/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A5QASTMCUSUEW3UOMKHZJB3FTONWSRXS/
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v5/SQUID-2023_4.patch
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v6/SQUID-2023_4.patch
https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commit/b70f864940225dfe69f9f653f948e787f99c3810
https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-73m6-jm96-c6r3
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