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High
CVE-2016-4051
Buffer overflow in cachemgr.cgi in Squid 2.x, 3.x before 3.5.17,...
Vulnerability Description
Buffer overflow in cachemgr.cgi in Squid 2.x, 3.x before 3.5.17, and 4.x before 4.0.9 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code by seeding manager reports with crafted data.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-01
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2016_5.txt
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00010.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035646
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/6
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2995-1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1140
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00069.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1138
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1139
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00040.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/9
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3625
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86788
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Vulnerable Versions:
12.04, 14.04, 15.10, 16.04, 6, 7, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 3.0, 3.1, 3.1.0.1, 3.1.0.2, 3.1.0.3, 3.1.0.4, 3.1.0.5, 3.1.0.6, 3.1.0.7, 3.1.0.8, 3.1.0.9, 3.1.0.10, 3.1.0.11, 3.1.0.12, 3.1.0.13, 3.1.0.14, 3.1.0.15, 3.1.0.16, 3.1.0.17, 3.1.0.18, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.1.4, 3.1.5, 3.1.5.1, 3.1.6, 3.1.7, 3.1.8, 3.1.9, 3.1.10, 3.1.11, 3.1.12, 3.1.12.1, 3.1.12.2, 3.1.12.3, 3.1.13, 3.1.14, 3.1.15, 3.1.16, 3.1.17, 3.1.18, 3.1.19, 3.1.20, 3.1.21, 3.1.22, 3.2.0.1, 3.2.0.2, 3.2.0.3, 3.2.0.4, 3.2.0.5, 3.2.0.6, 3.2.0.7, 3.2.0.8, 3.2.0.9, 3.2.0.10, 3.2.0.11, 3.2.0.12, 3.2.0.13, 3.2.0.14, 3.2.0.15, 3.2.0.16, 3.2.0.17, 3.2.0.18, 3.2.0.19, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3, 3.2.4, 3.2.5, 3.2.6, 3.2.7, 3.2.8, 3.2.9, 3.2.10, 3.2.11, 3.2.12, 3.2.13, 3.3.0, 3.3.0.1, 3.3.0.2, 3.3.0.3, 3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.3.3, 3.3.4, 3.3.5, 3.3.6, 3.3.7, 3.3.8, 3.3.9, 3.3.10, 3.3.11, 3.3.12, 3.3.13, 3.3.14, 3.4.0.1, 3.4.0.2, 3.4.0.3, 3.4.1, 3.4.2, 3.4.3, 3.4.4, 3.4.4.1, 3.4.4.2, 3.4.8, 3.4.9, 3.4.10, 3.4.11, 3.4.12, 3.4.13, 3.4.14, 3.5.0.1, 3.5.0.2, 3.5.0.3, 3.5.0.4, 3.5.1, 3.5.2, 3.5.3, 3.5.4, 3.5.5, 3.5.6, 3.5.7, 3.5.8, 3.5.9, 3.5.10, 3.5.11, 3.5.12, 3.5.13, 3.5.14, 3.5.15, 3.5.16, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.5, 4.0.6, 4.0.7, 4.0.8
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 25th, 2016
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.