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CVE-2016-3948

Publication date 7 April 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

Squid 3.x before 3.5.16 and 4.x before 4.0.8 improperly perform bounds checking, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HTTP response, related to Vary headers.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
squid3 17.10 artful
Not affected
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.10 yakkety Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.5
15.10 wily Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Ignored

Notes


mdeslaur

needs substantial backporting There are no current plans to fix this CVE in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

Patch details

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Package Patch details
squid3

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3557-1
    • Squid vulnerabilities
    • 5 February 2018

Other references