CVE-2016-2571 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Squid versions 3.x before 3.5.15 and 4.x before 4.0.7. Remote HTTP servers can trigger an assertion failure and daemon exit by sending a malformed response, causing the Squid proxy to crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (High), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and no user interaction, leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| 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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