CVE-2021-46784

Public on 2022-07-17
Modified on 2024-01-12
Description

In Squid 3.x through 3.5.28, 4.x through 4.17, and 5.x before 5.6, due to improper buffer management, a Denial of Service can occur when processing long Gopher server responses.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 squid 2023-02-04 ALAS-2023-1677
Amazon Linux 2 - Core squid 2023-01-20 ALAS2-2023-1907
Amazon Linux 2 - Squid4 Extra squid 2023-09-25 ALAS2SQUID4-2023-003

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2021-46784 Mitre: CVE-2021-46784