Improper Input Validation Affecting squid-sysvinit package, versions <7:3.3.8-26.el7_2.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
46.39% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-SQUIDSYSVINIT-4600740
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed6 May 2016

Introduced: 6 May 2016

CVE-2016-4553  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 squid-sysvinit to version 7:3.3.8-26.el7_2.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:1139.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream squid-sysvinit package and not the squid-sysvinit package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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