Information disclosure in Squid - CVE-2016-10002
Published: September 14, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8429
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10002
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect HTTP conditional request handling. A remote attacker can obtain private and sensitive information about another clients browsing session, including user's credentials.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect HTTP conditional request handling. A remote attacker can obtain private and sensitive information about another clients browsing session, including user's credentials.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
Affected software
Squid
squid (Alpine package)
squid
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Ubuntu
Fedora
squid (Alpine package)
squid
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Ubuntu
Fedora
How to mitigate CVE-2016-10002
Update to version 3.5.23 or 4.0.17.
squid (Alpine package) - update to 3.5.23-r0
squid - addressed in versions 3.5.23-1.fc24, 4.0.17-1.fc25
squid - addressed in versions 3.5.23-1.fc24, 4.0.17-1.fc25