UBUNTU-CVE-2023-50269 (CVE-2023-50269)
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2023-12-14 18:15 – Updated: 2025-09-08 16:56 – Source websiteSquid is a caching proxy for the Web. Due to an Uncontrolled Recursion bug in versions 2.6 through 2.7.STABLE9, versions 3.1 through 5.9, and versions 6.0.1 through 6.5, Squid may be vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack against HTTP Request parsing. This problem allows a remote client to perform Denial of Service attack by sending a large X-Forwarded-For header when the follow_x_forwarded_for feature is configured. This bug is fixed by Squid version 6.6. In addition, patches addressing this problem for the stable releases can be found in Squid's patch archives.
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"details": "Squid is a caching proxy for the Web. Due to an Uncontrolled Recursion bug in versions 2.6 through 2.7.STABLE9, versions 3.1 through 5.9, and versions 6.0.1 through 6.5, Squid may be vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack against HTTP Request parsing. This problem allows a remote client to perform Denial of Service attack by sending a large X-Forwarded-For header when the follow_x_forwarded_for feature is configured. This bug is fixed by Squid version 6.6. In addition, patches addressing this problem for the stable releases can be found in Squid\u0027s patch archives.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-50269",
"modified": "2025-09-08T16:56:36Z",
"published": "2023-12-14T18:15:00Z",
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"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-50269"
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