High severity · published Apr 7, 2016
CVE-2016-3948
Squid 3.x before 3.5.16 and 4.x before 4.0.8 improperly perform bounds checking, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HTTP response, related to…
7.5
CVSS
35.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Squid 3.x before 3.5.16 and 4.x before 4.0.8 improperly perform bounds checking, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HTTP response, related to Vary headers.
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)35.3% · 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
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-2016-3948
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3948
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.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035458
Vendor Advisory
http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2016_4.txt
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