Description
client_side.cc in Squid before 3.5.18 and 4.x before 4.0.10 does not properly ignore the Host header when absolute-URI is provided, which allows remote attackers to conduct cache-poisoning attacks via an HTTP request.
Published: 2016-05-10
Score: 8.6 High
EPSS: 82.8% High
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2995-1 Squid vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Oracle Linux
Redhat Enterprise Linux
Squid-cache Squid
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:32:25.689Z

Reserved: 2016-05-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-4553

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-05-10T19:59:00.137

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

Link: CVE-2016-4553

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-05-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-4553 - Bugzilla

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