Security readout for executives and security teams
This issue affects Blue Coat ProxySG gateways. A specially crafted HTML page with a recursive link can make the appliance consume memory and drop connections. The business impact is service disruption for web proxy users, not confirmed data theft. The source bundle does not provide CVSS, CWE, or evidence of active exploitation. Exposure is limited to organizations still running affected Blue Coat ProxySG releases: before 6.2.14.1, 6.3.x, 6.4.x, or 6.5 before 6.5.2. Internet-facing or heavily used proxy deployments would have higher operational impact if reachable by malicious web content. Treat this as an operational resilience risk for legacy proxy infrastructure. Prioritize confirmation and remediation if ProxySG is still in production, especially where proxy outages would interrupt business web access or security inspection. Mitigation focus: Check Blue Coat SA75 and current Broadcom guidance for supported fixed releases.; Upgrade or retire ProxySG versions listed as affected in the CVE description.; Reduce exposure of legacy ProxySG systems where immediate upgrade is not possible..
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- https://kb.bluecoat.com/index?page=content&id=SA75CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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