CVE-2016-4553

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 8.6
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-4553
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-05-10T19:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-12-27T16:08:55
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-345 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/345.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.5.17
cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:4.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:4.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:4.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:4.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 8.6
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035768 Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.squid-cache.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4501 Vendor Advisory
http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2016_7.txt Vendor Advisory
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.5/changesets/squid-3.5-14039.patch
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2995-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-01
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00040.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00010.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00069.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3625
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1140
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1139
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4553
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4553
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:55:45 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 09:21:43 2016-05-10T19:59Z 2016-05-10T19:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 09:21:43 2019-12-27T16:08:55 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 09:21:43 Modified Vulnerability Status updated