High severity · published Feb 27, 2016
CVE-2016-2570
The Edge Side Includes (ESI) parser in Squid 3.x before 3.5.15 and 4.x before 4.0.7 does not check buffer limits during XML parsing, which allows remote HTTP servers to cause a…
7.5
CVSS
9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Edge Side Includes (ESI) parser in Squid 3.x before 3.5.15 and 4.x before 4.0.7 does not check buffer limits during XML parsing, which allows remote HTTP servers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted XML document, related to esi/CustomParser.cc and esi/CustomParser.h.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)9.0% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SQ
Squid · Squid-cache
3.0; 3.0; 3.0; 3.0; 3.0; 3.0; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2570
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2570
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
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00069.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2600.html
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/26/2
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035101
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