CVE-2016-2390
medium
CVSS v3
5.9
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.9
Description
The FwdState::connectedToPeer method in FwdState.cc in Squid before 3.5.14 and 4.0.x before 4.0.6 does not properly handle SSL handshake errors when built with the --with-openssl option, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a plaintext HTTP message.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
69%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.1-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.1-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.1-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.1-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.1-1 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2390.html
- http://bugs.squid-cache.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4437
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00040.html
- http://lists.squid-cache.org/pipermail/squid-announce/2016-February/000037.html
- http://lists.squid-cache.org/pipermail/squid-announce/2016-February/000038.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035045
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2016_1.txt
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2390
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.