SB2016121406 - Denial of service in squid (Alpine package)



SB2016121406 - Denial of service in squid (Alpine package)

Published: December 14, 2016

Security Bulletin ID SB2016121406
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Low 100%
  • Low
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  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2571)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in http.cc due to proceeding with the storage of certain data after a response-parsing failure. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted response, trigger assertion failure and daemon exit and cause the service to crash.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.