CVE-2016-2569 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Squid versions 3.x before 3.5.15 and 4.x before 4.0.7. Remote servers can exploit a flaw in how Squid appends data to String objects, specifically via a crafted HTTP Vary header, leading to an assertion failure and daemon exit. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is public exploit code available, and it has received minimal community and media attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0:-:pre1:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0:-:pre2:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0:-:pre3:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0:-:pre4:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.