SB2016121404 - Denial of service in squid (Alpine package)
Published: December 14, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016121404
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2569)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists due to improper appending of data to String objects. A remote attacker can use a long string, as demonstrated by a crafted HTTP Vary header, trigger assertion failure and daemon exit and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.