Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. Due to an Incorrect Check of Function Return Value bug Squid is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack against its Helper process management. This bug is fixed by Squid version 6.5. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Threat-Mapped Scoring

Score: 1.5

Priority: P4 - Informational (Low)

• S10 – Denial of Service

EPSS

Score: 0.02237
Percentile: 0.83844

CVSS Scoring

Mapped CWE(s)

• CWE-253 : Incorrect Check of Function Return Value
• CWE-617 : Reachable Assertion
• CWE-754 : Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions

Affected Products

• cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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