CVE-2016-2570
The Edge Side Includes (ESI) parser in Squid 3.x before 3.5.15 and 4.x before 4.0.7 does not check buffer limits during XML parsing, which allows remote HTTP servers to cause a denial of service
02 Description
The Edge Side Includes (ESI) parser in Squid 3.x before 3.5.15 and 4.x before 4.0.7 does not check buffer limits during XML parsing, which allows remote HTTP servers to cause a denial of service
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 8.95% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-02-27 02:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 23:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-02-26
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0be9c17ebc7b097dbd1a655caf5150989edd15cab5999c7f6cddbeaf402d3414
05 Affected products
06 References
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3557-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3557-1/
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201607-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-01
- www.squid-cache.orghttp://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2016_2.txt
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1996http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00010.html
- www.squid-cache.orghttp://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-14549.patch
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2600http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2600.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:2081http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00069.html
- www.squid-cache.orghttp://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.5/changesets/squid-3.5-13993.patch
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160226 Re: CVE request: Squid HTTP Caching Proxy multiple denial of service issueshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/26/2
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:2089http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00040.html
- www.securitytracker.com1035101http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035101
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- squid3 Fixed in 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.5
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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