CVE-2016-2572
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00040.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00069.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2600.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/26/2
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035101
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2016_2.txt
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-14548.patch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-01
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2572
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.