Buffer Overflow Affecting squid package, versions <5.7-2+deb12u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
88.35% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-SQUID-18291717
  • published24 Jul 2026
  • disclosed3 Nov 2023

Introduced: 3 Nov 2023

CVE-2023-46847  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest squid to version 5.7-2+deb12u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream squid package and not the squid package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest 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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1