CVE-2016-2569 Information
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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.
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Reference
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00010.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00040.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00069.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2600.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/26/2 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035101 http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2016_2.txt http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.5/changesets/squid-3.5-13991.patch http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-14552.patch https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-01 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3557-1/
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction Required
NONE
Scope
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
UNCHANGED
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Base Score
HIGH
Base Severity
7.5