Out-of-Bounds Affecting squid package, versions <3.5.17-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
35.27% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE33-SQUID-468537
  • published22 Sept 2019
  • disclosed22 Sept 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Sep 2019

CVE-2016-3948  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.3 squid to version 3.5.17-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream squid package and not the squid package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.3 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Base Scores

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