CVE-2016-2572

7.5 HIGH

Published: February 27, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

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.

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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/v4/changesets/squid-4-14548.patch

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-01

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00010.html