CVE-2023-46724

squid: Squid is a caching proxy for the Web

CVE-2023-46724 is fixed in 10 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46724, released November 1, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.5
Medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0281
86th percentile

Squid is a caching proxy for the Web. Due to an Improper Validation ofSpecified Index bug, Squid versions 3.3.0.1 through 5.9 and 6.0 prior to6.4 compiled using `--with-openssl` are vulnerable to a Denial of Serviceattack against SSL Certificate validation. This problem allows a remoteserver to perform Denial of Service against Squid Proxy by initiating a TLSHandshake with a specially crafted SSL Certificate in a server certificatechain. This attack is limited to HTTPS and SSL-Bump. This bug is fixed inSquid version 6.4. In addition, patches addressing this problem for thestable releases can be found in Squid's patch archives. Those who you use aprepackaged version of Squid should refer to the package vendor foravailability information on updated packages.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
libecap · RHEL 8 0:1.0.1-2.module+el8.9.0+19703+a1da7223 RHSA-2024:0046 Jan 3, 2024
libecap · almalinux 8 1.0.1-2.module_el8.6.0+2741+01592ae8 ALSA-2024:0046 Jan 3, 2024
libecap · ol 8 0:1.0.1-2.module+el8.9.0+90083+f7556140 ELSA-2024-0046 Jan 4, 2024
libecap · rocky 8 0:1.0.1-2.module+el8.9.0+1437+df5ea8f0 RLSA-2024:0046 Jan 9, 2024
libecap-devel · RHEL 8 0:1.0.1-2.module+el8.9.0+19703+a1da7223 RHSA-2024:0046 Jan 3, 2024
libecap-devel · almalinux 8 1.0.1-2.module_el8.6.0+2741+01592ae8 ALSA-2024:0046 Jan 3, 2024
libecap-devel · ol 8 0:1.0.1-2.module+el8.9.0+90083+f7556140 ELSA-2024-0046 Jan 4, 2024
squid · Debian 11.6 (bullseye) 4.13-10+deb11u3 DSA-5637-1 Mar 8, 2024
squid · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 5.7-2+deb12u1 DSA-5637-1 Mar 8, 2024
squid · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.5-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46724 Nov 1, 2023
squid · Debian 14 6.5-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46724 Nov 1, 2023
squid · RHEL 8 7:4.15-7.module+el8.9.0+20975+25f17541.5 RHSA-2024:0046 Jan 3, 2024
squid · RHEL 9 7:5.5-6.el9_3.5 RHSA-2024:0071 Jan 8, 2024
squid · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 5.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 squid 5.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 Nov 6, 2023
squid · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 6.1-2ubuntu2 squid 6.1-2ubuntu2 Nov 3, 2023
squid · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 6.1-2ubuntu2 squid 6.1-2ubuntu2 Jan 16, 2026
squid · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 6.1-2ubuntu2 squid 6.1-2ubuntu2 Jan 16, 2026
squid · almalinux 8 7:4.15-7.module_el8.9.0+3708+6acaac63.5 ALSA-2024:0046 Jan 3, 2024
squid · almalinux 9 7:5.5-6.el9_3.5 ALSA-2024:0071 Jan 8, 2024
squid · amzn 2023 7:5.8-1.amzn2023.0.2 ALAS2023-2023-429 Nov 9, 2023
squid · ol 8 7:4.15-7.module+el8.9.0+90111+615ac445.5 ELSA-2024-0046 Jan 4, 2024
squid · ol 9 7:5.5-6.0.1.el9_3.5 ELSA-2024-0071 Jan 10, 2024
squid · rocky 8 7:4.15-7.module+el8.9.0+1568+6d4fd5d4.1 RLSA-2024:0046 Jan 9, 2024
squid-cgi · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 5.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 squid-cgi 5.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 Nov 6, 2023
squid-cgi · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 6.1-2ubuntu2 squid-cgi 6.1-2ubuntu2 Nov 3, 2023
squid-cgi · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 6.1-2ubuntu2 squid-cgi 6.1-2ubuntu2 Jan 16, 2026
squid-cgi · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 6.1-2ubuntu2 squid-cgi 6.1-2ubuntu2 Jan 16, 2026
squid-common · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 5.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 squid-common 5.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 Nov 6, 2023
squid-common · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 6.1-2ubuntu2 squid-common 6.1-2ubuntu2 Nov 3, 2023
squid-common · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 6.1-2ubuntu2 squid-common 6.1-2ubuntu2 Jan 16, 2026
squid-common · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 6.1-2ubuntu2 squid-common 6.1-2ubuntu2 Jan 16, 2026
squid-debuginfo · amzn 2023 7:5.8-1.amzn2023.0.2 ALAS2023-2023-429 Nov 9, 2023
squid-debugsource · amzn 2023 7:5.8-1.amzn2023.0.2 ALAS2023-2023-429 Nov 9, 2023
squid-openssl · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 5.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 squid-openssl 5.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 Nov 6, 2023
squid-openssl · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 6.1-2ubuntu2 squid-openssl 6.1-2ubuntu2 Nov 3, 2023
squid-openssl · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 6.1-2ubuntu2 squid-openssl 6.1-2ubuntu2 Jan 16, 2026
squid-openssl · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 6.1-2ubuntu2 squid-openssl 6.1-2ubuntu2 Jan 16, 2026
squid-purge · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 5.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 squid-purge 5.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 Nov 6, 2023
squid-purge · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 6.1-2ubuntu2 squid-purge 6.1-2ubuntu2 Nov 3, 2023
squid-purge · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 6.1-2ubuntu2 squid-purge 6.1-2ubuntu2 Jan 16, 2026
squid-purge · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 6.1-2ubuntu2 squid-purge 6.1-2ubuntu2 Jan 16, 2026
squidclient · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 5.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 squidclient 5.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 Nov 6, 2023
squidclient · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 6.1-2ubuntu2 squidclient 6.1-2ubuntu2 Nov 3, 2023
squidclient · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 6.1-2ubuntu2 squidclient 6.1-2ubuntu2 Jan 16, 2026
squidclient · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 6.1-2ubuntu2 squidclient 6.1-2ubuntu2 Jan 16, 2026

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