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.
Published: 2016-02-27
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 70.3% High
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-445-1 squid3 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-445-2 squid3 regression update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3557-1 Squid vulnerabilities
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Redhat Enterprise Linux
Squid-cache Squid
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:32:20.956Z

Reserved: 2016-02-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-2569

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-02-27T05:59:03.843

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-2569

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-02-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-2569 - Bugzilla

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