CVE-2016-2572

HIGH

Squid 4.x < 4.0.7 - Denial of Service via Malformed HTTP Response

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-01
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2016_2.txt
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2600.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00069.html
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/26/2
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035101

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.1015
EPSS Percentile 95.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (6)
squid-cache/squid 4.0.1
squid-cache/squid 4.0.2
squid-cache/squid 4.0.3
squid-cache/squid 4.0.4
squid-cache/squid 4.0.5
squid-cache/squid 4.0.6
Published Feb 27, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026