Medium severity · published Apr 19, 2016
CVE-2016-2390
The FwdState::connectedToPeer method in FwdState.cc in Squid before 3.5.14 and 4.0.x before 4.0.6 does not properly handle SSL handshake errors when built with the --with-openssl…
5.9
CVSS
25.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The FwdState::connectedToPeer method in FwdState.cc in Squid before 3.5.14 and 4.0.x before 4.0.6 does not properly handle SSL handshake errors when built with the --with-openssl option, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a plaintext HTTP message.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)25.6% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SQ
Squid · Squid-cache
through 3.5.13; 4.0.4; 4.0.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2390
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2390
bugs.squid-cache.org
http://bugs.squid-cache.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4437
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00010.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00040.html
Vendor Advisory
http://lists.squid-cache.org/pipermail/squid-announce/2016-February/000037.html
Vendor Advisory
http://lists.squid-cache.org/pipermail/squid-announce/2016-February/000038.html
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035045
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