<p>Upgrade <code>AlmaLinux:9</code> <code>squid</code> to version 7:5.5-5.el9_2.1 or higher.<br>This issue was patched in <code>ALSA-2023:6266</code>.</p>

Buffer Overflow Affecting squid package, versions <7:5.5-5.el9_2.1

Threat Intelligence

3.55% (92^nd percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-ALMALINUX9-SQUID-6044938
published 3 Nov 2023
disclosed 2 Nov 2023

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Introduced: 2 Nov 2023

CVE-2023-46847 Open this link in a new tab CWE-120 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 squid to version 7:5.5-5.el9_2.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2023:6266.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream squid package and not the squid package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Squid is vulnerable to a Denial of Service, where a remote attacker can perform buffer overflow attack by writing up to 2 MB of arbitrary data to heap memory when Squid is configured to accept HTTP Digest Authentication.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1

Attack Vector (AV)

Network
Attack Complexity (AC)

Low
Privileges Required (PR)

None
User Interaction (UI)

None

Scope (S)

Unchanged

Confidentiality (C)

None
Integrity (I)

None
Availability (A)

High

Buffer Overflow Affecting squid package, versions <7:5.5-5.el9_2.1

Severity

Based on AlmaLinux security rating