VDB
CVE-2016-2569
CVE-2016-2569
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
Squid 3.x before 3.5.15 and 4.x before 4.0.7 does not properly append data 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.
EPSS 31.19% · 98.2th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
31.19%
98.2th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | squid3 | 0, 3.3.8-1ubuntu16, 3.3.8-1ubuntu17 |
Timeline
- Feb 27, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Aug 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 10, 2023 EPSS Score
- Nov 16, 2023 EPSS Score
- Feb 22, 2024 EPSS Score
- Aug 10, 2024 EPSS Score
- Mar 17, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 19, 2025 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2569 third-party-advisory
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2016_2.txt third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3557-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2569 third-party-advisory