High severity · published Apr 7, 2016
CVE-2016-3947
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Icmp6::Recv function in icmp/Icmp6.cc in the pinger utility in Squid before 3.5.16 and 4.x before 4.0.8 allows remote servers to cause a denial…
8.2
CVSS
14.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Icmp6::Recv function in icmp/Icmp6.cc in the pinger utility in Squid before 3.5.16 and 4.x before 4.0.8 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (performance degradation or transition failures) or write sensitive information to log files via an ICMPv6 packet.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)14.6% · higher than 97% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SQ
Squid · Squid-cache
through 3.5.15; 4.0.1; 4.0.2; 4.0.3; 4.0.4; 4.0.5; +2 more · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 15.10; 16.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3947
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3947
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
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035457
Vendor Advisory
http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2016_3.txt
Patch
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.1/changesets/squid-3.1-10495.patch
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