CVE-2016-4051

8.8 HIGH

Published: April 25, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

Buffer overflow in cachemgr.cgi in Squid 2.x, 3.x before 3.5.17, and 4.x before 4.0.9 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code by seeding manager reports with crafted data.

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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:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/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://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3625

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/6

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/9

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Third Party Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86788

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035646

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2016_5.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2995-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1138

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1139

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1140

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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