01 Record
CVE-2016-2572
http.cc in Squid 4.x before 4.0.7 relies on the HTTP status code after a response-parsing failure, which allows remote HTTP servers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
http.cc in Squid 4.x before 4.0.7 relies on the HTTP status code after a response-parsing failure, which allows remote HTTP servers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via
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
- 10.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.4% 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
- fadbdb0833227b466d4ec9dbd6e9cacc5d691b4b1dc5d30abdb06fd8cb783b7e
05 Affected products
06 References
- 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
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2600http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2600.html
- www.squid-cache.orghttp://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-14548.patch
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:2081http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00069.html
- 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