CVE-2016-2572

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-2572
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-02-27 05:59:06 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionhttp.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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Squid-cache Squid 4.0.1 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 4.0.2 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 4.0.3 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 4.0.4 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 4.0.5 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 4.0.6 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
openSUSE-SU-2016:2081-1: moderate: Security update for squid af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Squid: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201607-01) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Squid HTTP Response Processing Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service to Proxy Client Users - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2016_2.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.squid-cache.org Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1996-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-14548.patch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.squid-cache.org Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request: Squid HTTP Caching Proxy multiple denial of service issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:2089-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
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