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


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.13% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-SQUID-6043331
  • published27 Oct 2023
  • disclosed19 Oct 2023

Introduced: 19 Oct 2023

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

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 squid to version 7:5.5-5.el9_2.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-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 RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL: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.

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