VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-2572
http.cc in Squid 4.x before 4.0.7 relies on the HTTP status code after a response-parsing failure, which allows remote HTTP servers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a malformed response.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 10.2%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.2%, higher than 95% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
http.cc in Squid 4.x before 4.0.7 relies on the HTTP status code after a response-parsing failure, which allows remote HTTP servers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a malformed response.
- 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
- 10.15% probability · 95th 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/v4/changesets/squid-4-14548.patchVendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-01
- 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/v4/changesets/squid-4-14548.patchVendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-01
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.