VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-2569

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability31.19%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-02-27
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references