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CVE-2023-46848

Published: Nov 3, 2023

Modified: Feb 25, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

8.6

HIGH

Description

Squid is vulnerable to Denial of Service, where a remote attacker can perform DoS by sending ftp:// URLs in HTTP Request messages or constructing ftp:// URLs from FTP Native input.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	squid	affected `5.0.3 - < 6.4`
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	unaffected `7:5.5-5.el9_2.1 - < *`
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	unaffected `7:5.5-6.el9_3.1 - < *`
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support	unaffected `7:5.2-1.el9_0.3 - < *`
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	All versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	All versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	All versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

References

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-46848

vdb-entry

x_refsource_REDHAT

issue-tracking

x_refsource_REDHAT

https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-2g3c-pg7q-g59w

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