CVE-2016-4553 — Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity in Squid

CWE-345 — Insufficient Verification of Data AuthenticityCWE-20 — Improper Input Validation9 documents8 sources
Severity
8.6HIGHNVD
EPSS
82.8%
top 0.75%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Squid-cache SquidCanonical Ubuntu LinuxOracle Linux
Timeline
PublishedMay 10
Latest updateMay 13

Description

client_side.cc in Squid before 3.5.18 and 4.x before 4.0.10 does not properly ignore the Host header when absolute-URI is provided, which allows remote attackers to conduct cache-poisoning attacks via an HTTP request.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 4.0

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDsquid-cache/squid3.5.17+9

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 15.10, 16.04

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-p6vj-j24g-56wp: client_side↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2016-4553: client_side↗2016-05-10
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CVEList
CVE-2016-4553: client_side↗2016-05-10
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Squid vulnerabilities↗2016-06-09
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Red Hat
squid: Cache poisoning issue in HTTP Request handling↗2016-05-06
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Debian
CVE-2016-4553: squid - client_side.cc in Squid before 3.5.18 and 4.x before 4.0.10 does not properly ig...↗2016
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4553 CVE-2016-4554 CVE-2016-4555 CVE-2016-4556 squid: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-05-09
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4553 squid: Cache poisoning issue in HTTP Request handling↗2016-05-09
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CVE-2016-4553 — Squid-cache Squid vulnerability | cvebase