CVE-2016-2569

7.5 HIGH
Published: February 27, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00010.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00040.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00069.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2600.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/26/2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035101
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2016_2.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.5/changesets/squid-3.5-13991.patch
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-14552.patch
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-01
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3557-1/
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00010.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00040.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00069.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2600.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/26/2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035101
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2016_2.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.5/changesets/squid-3.5-13991.patch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-14552.patch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-01
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3557-1/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

22 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
70.3%
99th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

Affected Vendors

squid-cache

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