CVE-2023-46728 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2023-46728: Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. Due to a NULL pointer dereference bug Squid is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack against Squid's Gopher gateway. The gopher protocol is always available and enabled in Squid prior to Squid 6.0.1. Responses triggering

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2023-46728 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

squid→ fixed in4.13-10+deb11u5urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y squid
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

squid→ fixed in5.7-2+deb12u5urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y squid
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

squid→ fixed in6.1-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y squid
```

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