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CVE-2016-2572

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
27/02/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:4.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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