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Squid: denial of service in ftp

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Squid is vulnerable to Denial of Service, where a remote attacker can perform DoS by sending ftp:// URLs in HTTP Request messages or constructing ftp:// URLs from FTP Native input.

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2023-46848
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
3 Nov 2026, 17:51 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Squid: denial of service in ftp

core-osv · Original source

Published 3 Nov 2023, 07:58 UTC

Squid is vulnerable to Denial of Service, where a remote attacker can perform DoS by sending ftp:// URLs in HTTP Request messages or constructing ftp:// URLs from FTP Native input.

osv:CVE-2023-46848
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-46848",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "Squid: denial of service in ftp",
    "summary": "Squid is vulnerable to Denial of Service, where a remote attacker can perform DoS by sending ftp:// URLs in HTTP Request messages or constructing ftp:// URLs from FTP Native input.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-46848",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
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          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H"
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:31.272311410Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6266",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6268",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6748",
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        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/46xxx/CVE-2023-46848.json",
        "https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-2g3c-pg7q-g59w",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46848",
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231214-0005/",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2245919",
        "https://github.com/squid-cache/squid"
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 498030,
  "published_at": "2023-11-03T07:58:05.613+00:00"
}