UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2571

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2571

    Published: 27 Feb 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-2571

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2571, http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2016_2.txt, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2921-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3557-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2571

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: squid3

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.3.8-1ubuntu6.6

    Affected versions

    3.3.8-1ubuntu3
    3.3.8-1ubuntu4
    3.3.8-1ubuntu5
    3.3.8-1ubuntu6
    3.3.8-1ubuntu6.1
    3.3.8-1ubuntu6.2
    3.3.8-1ubuntu6.3
    3.3.8-1ubuntu6.4

    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