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vulnerabilityCVE-2023-46728
Name
CVE-2023-46728
Source
NVD ( link)Debian ( link)
Description
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.
Published Date
Updated Date
Workaround
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Analysis#


Affected Component
Analysis
squid
Exploitable

Vulnerability Ratings#


7.5
CVSSv31
7.5
CVSSv31
NaN
other

Others affected components#


Name
Project
Project Version
Version
Status
buildroot
2025.02.x
6.14
Not Affected
buildroot
master
7.6
Not Affected
openwrt
master
7.1-r1
Not Affected
openwrt
openwrt-25.12
7.1-r1
Not Affected
yocto
master
7.5
Not Affected
yocto
scarthgap
6.14
Not Affected