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DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46728
DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46728
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. Due to a NULL pointer dereference bug Squid is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack against Squid's Gopher gateway. The gopher protocol is always available and enabled in Squid prior to Squid 6.0.1. Responses triggering this bug are possible to be received from any gopher server, even those without malicious intent. Gopher support has been removed in Squid version 6.0.1. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should reject all gopher URL requests.
Risk Scores
CVSS v3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:14 | squid | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:11 | squid | 4.13-10, 4.13-10, 4.13-10 |
| Debian:12 | squid | 5.7-2+deb12u2, 0, 5.7-2 |
| Debian:13 | squid | 0, 0, 0 |
Timeline
- Nov 6, 2023 CVE Published
- Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated