CVE-2016-2572
Published: 27 February 2016
http.cc in Squid 4.x before 4.0.7 relies on the HTTP status code after a response-parsing failure, which allows remote HTTP servers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a malformed response.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | This CVE is only for the 'Do not use parsing leftovers, such as HTTP response status code' part of the squid-4-14548.patch patch. As such, it is 4.x only. |
Priority
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.5 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |