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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-4553

client_side.cc in Squid before 3.5.18 and 4.x before 4.0.10 does not properly ignore the Host header when absolute-URI is provided, which allows remote attackers to conduct cache-poisoning attacks via an HTTP request.

HIGH 8.6EPSS 80.0%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 80.0%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

client_side.cc in Squid before 3.5.18 and 4.x before 4.0.10 does not properly ignore the Host header when absolute-URI is provided, which allows remote attackers to conduct cache-poisoning attacks via an HTTP request.

CVSS 3.0
8.6 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
79.97% probability · 100th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-345
Affected
canonical/ubuntu linux · squid-cache/squid · oracle/linux
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.