CVE-2016-2569

CVE Details

Release Date:	2016-02-24
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

Squid 3.x before 3.5.15 and 4.x before 4.0.7 does not properly appenddata to String objects, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a long string, as demonstrated by a crafted HTTP Vary header.

See more information about CVE-2016-2569 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	5.0
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (squid)	ELSA-2016-2600	2016-11-09