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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-2572) ELSA-2016-2600: squid security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-2572) ELSA-2016-2600: squid security, bug fix, and enhancement 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
11/09/2016
Modified
01/22/2018

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-squid
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-squid-migration-script
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-squid-sysvinit

References

  • ELSA-2016-2600
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1996
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2089
  • RHSA-2016:2600
  • 1035101
  • GLSA-201607-01
  • CVE-2016-2572
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