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CVE-2016-3947

Published: 7 April 2016

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Icmp6::Recv function in icmp/Icmp6.cc in the pinger utility in Squid before 3.5.16 and 4.x before 4.0.8 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (performance degradation or transition failures) or write sensitive information to log files via an ICMPv6 packet.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.2

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
squid3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise
Released (3.1.19-1ubuntu3.12.04.7)
trusty
Released (3.3.8-1ubuntu6.8)
upstream
Released (3.5.16)
wily
Released (3.3.8-1ubuntu16.3)
xenial
Released (3.5.12-1ubuntu7.2)
Patches:
upstream: http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.1/changesets/squid-3.1-10495.patch
upstream: http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.3/changesets/squid-3.3-12694.patch
upstream: http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.5/changesets/squid-3.5-14015.patch

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.2
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H