CVE-2023-46848 (GCVE-0-2023-46848)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-03 07:58 – Updated: 2026-02-25 18:19
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Squid: denial of service in ftp
Summary
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.
Severity
8.6 (High)
CWE
- CWE-681 - Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types
Assigner
References
7 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6266 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6268 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6748 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-46848 | vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2245919 | issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/adv… | |
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2023121… | x_transferred |
Impacted products
7 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Affected:
5.0.3 , < 6.4
(semver)
|
||||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 |
Unaffected:
7:5.5-5.el9_2.1 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 |
Unaffected:
7:5.5-6.el9_3.1 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support |
Unaffected:
7:5.2-1.el9_0.3 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0::appstream |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
|
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
|
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
|
Date Public
2023-10-19 00:00
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