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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2023-46847

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.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 88.4%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 88.4%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

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 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
88.35% probability · 100th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-120
Affected
squid-cache/squid · redhat/enterprise linux · redhat/enterprise linux eus · redhat/enterprise linux for arm 64 · redhat/enterprise linux for ibm z systems · redhat/enterprise linux for power little endian · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server tus · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.