#VU83379 NULL pointer dereference in Squid - CVE-2023-46728

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#VU83379 NULL pointer dereference in Squid - CVE-2023-46728

Published: November 21, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU83379
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-46728
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Squid
Software vendor:
Squid-cache.org

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in Gopher gateway. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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