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Debian: CVE-2016-2571: squid, squid3 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-2571: squid, squid3 -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/27/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/22/2016
Modified
03/23/2020

Description

http.cc in Squid 3.x before 3.5.15 and 4.x before 4.0.7 proceeds with the storage of certain data 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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-squid
  • debian-upgrade-squid3

References

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