NULL Pointer Dereference 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
2.05% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-SQUIDSYSVINIT-5075814
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed6 May 2016

Introduced: 6 May 2016

CVE-2016-4555  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (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_request.cc in Squid 3.x before 3.5.18 and 4.x before 4.0.10 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted Edge Side Includes (ESI) responses.

CVSS Scores

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