VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-2569
Squid 3.x before 3.5.15 and 4.x before 4.0.7 does not properly append data to String objects, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a long string, as demonstrated by a crafted HTTP Vary header.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 31.2%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 31.2%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Squid 3.x before 3.5.15 and 4.x before 4.0.7 does not properly append data to String objects, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a long string, as demonstrated by a crafted HTTP Vary header.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 31.19% probability · 98th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- squid-cache/squid
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00040.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00069.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2600.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/26/2
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035101
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2016_2.txtVendor Advisory
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.5/changesets/squid-3.5-13991.patch
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-14552.patch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-01
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3557-1/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00040.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00069.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2600.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/26/2
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035101
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2016_2.txtVendor Advisory
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.5/changesets/squid-3.5-13991.patch
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-14552.patch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-01
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3557-1/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.