Buffer overflow in Squid - CVE-2016-4054
Published: April 25, 2016 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32300
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-4054
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Buffer overflow in Squid 3.x before 3.5.17 and 4.x before 4.0.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted Edge Side Includes (ESI) responses.
Affected software
Squid
squid (Alpine package)
squid (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2016-4054
Install update from vendor's website.
Squid - update to 3.5.17
squid (Alpine package) - update to 3.4.14-r1
squid (Alpine package) - update to 3.4.14-r1
External References
- 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://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3625
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/9
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86788
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035647
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2016_6.txt
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2995-1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1138
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1139
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1140
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-01