CVE-2016-4554

Publication date 10 May 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

mime_header.cc in Squid before 3.5.18 allows remote attackers to bypass intended same-origin restrictions and possibly conduct cache-poisoning attacks via a crafted HTTP Host header, aka a "header smuggling" issue.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
squid3	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.2
	15.10 wily	Fixed 3.3.8-1ubuntu16.3
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 3.3.8-1ubuntu6.8
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 3.1.19-1ubuntu3.12.04.7

Notes

mdeslaur

see also regression fix in: http://bugs.squid-cache.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4515

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
squid3	Upstream: http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.1/changesets/squid-3.1-10496.patch Upstream: http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.3/changesets/squid-3.3-12698.patch Upstream: http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.5/changesets/squid-3.5-14038.patch Upstream: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~squid/squid/3.1/revision/10497 Upstream: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~squid/squid/3.3/revision/12700 Upstream: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~squid/squid/3.5/revision/14049

Package

Patch details

squid3

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.6 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2995-1
Squid vulnerabilities
9 June 2016

CVE-2016-4554

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Status

Notes

Patch details

Severity score breakdown

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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