Denial of service in Squid - CVE-2016-2571
Published: October 1, 2016 / Updated: February 6, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU4172
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2571
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Squid-cache.org
Affected software:
Squid
Squid
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in http.cc due to proceeding with the storage of certain data after a response-parsing failure. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted response, trigger assertion failure and daemon exit and cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists in http.cc due to proceeding with the storage of certain data after a response-parsing failure. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted response, trigger assertion failure and daemon exit and cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-2571
Install update from vendor's website.