CVE-2013-5959

Published: Sep 28, 2013Modified: Apr 29, 2026

7.1

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 6.9

Source: NVD

Description

Blue Coat ProxySG before 6.2.14.1, 6.3.x, 6.4.x, and 6.5 before 6.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and dropped connections) via a recursive href in an HTML page, which triggers a large number of HTTP RW pipeline pre-fetch requests.

Affected (9)

Products: Bluecoat: Proxysg, Proxysgos

2 products

Configuration A

9 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Bluecoat Proxysg	Up to 5.3
Bluecoat Proxysgos	Version 5.4
Bluecoat Proxysgos	Version 5.3
Bluecoat Proxysgos	Version 5.5
Bluecoat Proxysgos	Version 6.1
Bluecoat Proxysgos	Version 6.2
Bluecoat Proxysgos	Version 6.3
Bluecoat Proxysgos	Version 6.4
Bluecoat Proxysgos	Version 6.5

Related CWEs

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (8)

http://osvdb.org/97767

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/54991

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029088

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://kb.bluecoat.com/index?page=content&id=SA75

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://osvdb.org/97767

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://secunia.com/advisories/54991

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029088

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://kb.bluecoat.com/index?page=content&id=SA75

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

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