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CVE-2016-4553

high · 8.6

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.

8.6
CVSS
80.0%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
100th
EPSS percentile
2016-05-10
Published

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

CWE-345

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
canonicalubuntu_linux12.04
canonicalubuntu_linux14.04
canonicalubuntu_linux15.10
canonicalubuntu_linux16.04
squid-cachesquid<= 3.5.17
squid-cachesquid4.0.1
squid-cachesquid4.0.2
squid-cachesquid4.0.3
squid-cachesquid4.0.4
squid-cachesquid4.0.5
squid-cachesquid4.0.6
squid-cachesquid4.0.7
squid-cachesquid4.0.8
squid-cachesquid4.0.9
oraclelinux7

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References

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