QID 356742

Date Published: 2023-12-05

QID 356742: Amazon Linux Security Advisory for squid : ALAS-2023-1885

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. (
( CVE-2023-46728)



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Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a securitybreach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.
    • Solution
    Please refer to Amazon advisory: ALAS-2023-1885 for affected packages and patching details, or update with your package manager.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 356742

    CVE-2023-46728 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    ALAS-2023-1885 amazon linux URL Logo alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2023-1885.html
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