CVE-2023-50269 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2023-50269: 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

Affects 7 Linux releases across 7 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2023-50269 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

squid→ fixed in4.13-10+deb11u3urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y squid
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

squid→ fixed in5.7-2+deb12u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y squid
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

squid→ fixed in6.6-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y squid
```

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

squid→ fixed in6.6-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade squid
```

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

squid→ fixed in6.6-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade squid
```

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

squid→ fixed in6.6-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade squid
```

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

squid→ fixed in6.6-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade squid
```

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