USN-6500-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6500-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-6500-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-6500-1
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Published
2023-11-21T15:42:49.436603Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:36:42Z
Summary
squid vulnerabilities
Details

Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled validating certain SSL certificates. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 23.04, and Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2023-46724)

Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled the Gopher protocol. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. Gopher support has been disabled in this update. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-46728)

Keran Mu and Jianjun Chen discovered that Squid incorrectly handled the chunked decoder. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform HTTP request smuggling attacks. (CVE-2023-46846)

Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled HTTP Digest Authentication. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-46847)

Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain FTP urls. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-46848)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / squid

Package

Name
squid
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/squid@4.10-1ubuntu1.8?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.10-1ubuntu1.8

Affected versions

4.*

4.8-1ubuntu2
4.8-1ubuntu3
4.9-2ubuntu1
4.9-2ubuntu2
4.9-2ubuntu3
4.9-2ubuntu4
4.10-1ubuntu1
4.10-1ubuntu1.1
4.10-1ubuntu1.2
4.10-1ubuntu1.3
4.10-1ubuntu1.4
4.10-1ubuntu1.5
4.10-1ubuntu1.6
4.10-1ubuntu1.7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.10-1ubuntu1.8",
            "binary_name": "squid"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.10-1ubuntu1.8",
            "binary_name": "squid-cgi"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.10-1ubuntu1.8",
            "binary_name": "squid-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.10-1ubuntu1.8",
            "binary_name": "squid-purge"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.10-1ubuntu1.8",
            "binary_name": "squidclient"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific 

{
    "cves_map": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
        "cves": [
            {
                "id": "CVE-2023-46728",
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "medium",
                        "type": "Ubuntu"
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "id": "CVE-2023-46846",
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "medium",
                        "type": "Ubuntu"
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "id": "CVE-2023-46847",
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "medium",
                        "type": "Ubuntu"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    }
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / squid

Package

Name
squid
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/squid@5.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.2?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.2

Affected versions

4.*

4.13-10ubuntu5

5.*

5.2-1ubuntu1
5.2-1ubuntu3
5.2-1ubuntu4
5.2-1ubuntu4.1
5.2-1ubuntu4.2
5.2-1ubuntu4.3
5.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.2",
            "binary_name": "squid"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.2",
            "binary_name": "squid-cgi"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.2",
            "binary_name": "squid-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.2",
            "binary_name": "squid-openssl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.2",
            "binary_name": "squid-purge"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.2",
            "binary_name": "squidclient"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific 

{
    "cves_map": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
        "cves": [
            {
                "id": "CVE-2023-46724",
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "medium",
                        "type": "Ubuntu"
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "id": "CVE-2023-46728",
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "medium",
                        "type": "Ubuntu"
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "id": "CVE-2023-46846",
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "medium",
                        "type": "Ubuntu"
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "id": "CVE-2023-46847",
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "medium",
                        "type": "Ubuntu"
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "id": "CVE-2023-46848",
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "medium",
                        "type": "Ubuntu"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    }
}