CVE-2024-23638 is a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability affecting Squid caching proxy versions prior to 6.6, and all 5.x versions up to 5.9. This flaw stems from an expired pointer reference bug when generating error pages for Cache Manager reports, allowing a trusted client to trigger a DoS. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), it requires low privileges and network access for exploitation, leading to high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.0, <= 5.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.0, < 6.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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