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CVE-2023-46848 — Squid is vulnerable to Denial of Service, where a remote attacker can perform Do

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.

CVSS
8.6 HIGH
EPSS
10.42% (top 6.80%)
CWE
CWE-681
Published
2023-11-03T07:58:05.613Z
Last modified
2026-02-25T18:19:24.166Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
??5.0.3
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 97:5.5-5.el9_2.1
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 97:5.5-6.el9_3.1
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support7:5.2-1.el9_0.3
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6unspecified
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7unspecified
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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