CVE-2013-5959

N/A Unknown
Published: September 28, 2013 Modified: April 29, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/97767
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/54991
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
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

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.7%
72th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

bluecoat