Is CVE-2023-46847 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-46847 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2024-11-21.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-46847?

CVE-2023-46847 has a CVSS score of 8.6 (HIGH severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2023-46847?

Patch guidance is available from squid-cache security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2023-46847.

Fix CVE-2023-46847 - HIGH squid-cache squid

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2023-46847?

21 products: squid-cache squid, redhat enterprise linux, redhat enterprise linux, redhat enterprise linux eus, redhat enterprise linux eus, and 16 more.

Description

Squid is vulnerable to a Denial of Service, where a remote attacker can perform buffer overflow attack by writing up to 2 MB of arbitrary data to heap memory when Squid is configured to accept HTTP Digest Authentication.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: low
Integrity: low
Availability: high
Weaknesses: CWE-120 CWE-120

Metadata

Primary Vendor: SQUID-CACHE
Published: 11/3/2023
Last Modified: 11/21/2024
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

squid-cache : squidredhat : enterprise_linuxredhat : enterprise_linuxredhat : enterprise_linux_eusredhat : enterprise_linux_eusredhat : enterprise_linux_eusredhat : enterprise_linux_eusredhat : enterprise_linux_for_arm_64redhat : enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systemsredhat : enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endianredhat : enterprise_linux_serverredhat : enterprise_linux_server_ausredhat : enterprise_linux_server_ausredhat : enterprise_linux_server_ausredhat : enterprise_linux_server_ausredhat : enterprise_linux_server_tusredhat : enterprise_linux_server_tusredhat : enterprise_linux_server_tusredhat : enterprise_linux_server_tusredhat : enterprise_linux_server_tusredhat : enterprise_linux_workstation

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

Cite this page

CVE-2023-46847. CVEDatabase.com. Retrieved 1 May 2026. https://cvedatabase.com/cve/CVE-2023-46847

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CVE-2023-46847 vulnerability