SUSE-SU-2016:2008-1

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    SUSE-SU-2016:2008-1

    Published: 9 Aug 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for squid

    Details: The Squid HTTP proxy has been updated to version 3.3.14, fixing the following security issues: - Fixed multiple Denial of Service issues in HTTP Response processing. (CVE-2016-2569, CVE-2016-2570, CVE-2016-2571, CVE-2016-2572, bsc#968392, bsc#968393, bsc#968394, bsc#968395) - CVE-2016-3947: Buffer overrun issue in pinger ICMPv6 processing. (bsc#973782) - CVE-2015-5400: Improper protection of alternate path. (bsc#938715) - CVE-2015-3455: Squid http proxy configured with client-first SSL bumping did not correctly validate server certificate. (bsc#929493) - CVE-2016-3948: Fixed denial of service in HTTP Response processing (bsc#973783) - CVE-2016-4051: fixes buffer overflow in cachemgr.cgi (bsc#976553) - CVE-2016-4052, CVE-2016-4053, CVE-2016-4054: Fixed multiple issues in ESI processing (bsc#976556) - CVE-2016-4553: Fixed cache poisoning issue in HTTP Request handling (bsc#979009) - CVE-2016-4554: Fixed header smuggling issue in HTTP Request processing (bsc#979010) - Fixed multiple Denial of Service issues in ESI Response processing. (CVE-2016-4555, CVE-2016-4556, bsc#979011, bsc#979008) Additionally, the following non-security issues have been fixed: - Fix header size in script unsquid.pl. (bsc#902197) - Add external helper ext_session_acl to package. (bsc#959290) - Update forward_max_tries to permit 25 server paths With cloud sites becoming more popular more CDN servers are producing long lists of IPv6 and IPv4 addresses. If there are not enough paths selected the IPv4 ones may never be reached. - squid.init: wait that squid really dies when we kill it on upgrade instead of proclaiming its demise prematurely (bnc#963539)

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: squid

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.3.14-20.2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High