CVE-2013-5959 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Blue Coat ProxySG appliances running versions prior to 6.2.14.1, 6.3.x, 6.4.x, and 6.5 prior to 6.5.2. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by sending an HTML page with a recursive href, leading to excessive memory consumption and dropped connections. With a CVSS score of 7.1, this vulnerability is considered high severity due to its network attack vector, medium complexity, and complete availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bluecoat:proxysgos:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:bluecoat:proxysg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:bluecoat:proxysgos:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:bluecoat:proxysgos:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:bluecoat:proxysgos:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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