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Ubuntu: USN-2995-1 (CVE-2016-4554): Squid vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-2995-1 (CVE-2016-4554): Squid vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
05/10/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/09/2016
Modified
11/08/2024

Description

mime_header.cc in Squid before 3.5.18 allows remote attackers to bypass intended same-origin restrictions and possibly conduct cache-poisoning attacks via a crafted HTTP Host header, aka a "header smuggling" issue.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-squid-cgi
  • ubuntu-upgrade-squid3

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