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CVE-2016-2569
published 2016-02-27

CVE-2016-2569: Squid 3.x before 3.5.15 and 4.x before 4.0.7 does not properly append data to String objects, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service…

PriorityP348high7.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
31.41%
98.1th percentile
Squid 3.x before 3.5.15 and 4.x before 4.0.7 does not properly append data to String objects, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a long string, as demonstrated by a crafted HTTP Vary header.

Affected

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Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

urlhttp://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2016_2.txt
  • Trigger vector is a crafted HTTP response from a remote server containing an oversized HTTP Vary header that exceeds the 64KB String object limit in Squid, causing an assertion failure and daemon exit.
  • The vulnerability is in Squid's String object class which has a 64KB content limit; monitor for assertion failures in squid processes when handling HTTP responses with abnormally large headers.
  • A malicious HTTP server (not client) triggers the crash; detection should focus on inbound HTTP responses to the proxy containing oversized header values, particularly the Vary header.
  • ·Affected versions are Squid 3.x before 3.5.15 and 4.x before 4.0.7; the vulnerability is not exploitable from arbitrary clients but requires a controlled or malicious upstream HTTP server.
  • ·CVE-2016-2570 is a related variant of the same root cause but is noted by upstream as not triggerable from outside a controlled CDN environment.

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.07.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_debian7.5LOW
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.5HIGH
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