Buffer overflow in Squid - CVE-2016-4054

 

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)

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

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