UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2569

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2569
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2569.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2569
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Published
2016-02-27T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:39Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

Squid 3.x before 3.5.15 and 4.x before 4.0.7 does not properly append data to String objects, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a long string, as demonstrated by a crafted HTTP Vary header.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / squid3

Package

Name
squid3
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/squid3@3.5.12-1ubuntu7.5?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.5.12-1ubuntu7.5

Affected versions

3.*

3.3.8-1ubuntu16
3.3.8-1ubuntu17
3.5.12-1ubuntu6
3.5.12-1ubuntu7
3.5.12-1ubuntu7.1
3.5.12-1ubuntu7.2
3.5.12-1ubuntu7.3
3.5.12-1ubuntu7.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.12-1ubuntu7.5",
            "binary_name": "squid"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.12-1ubuntu7.5",
            "binary_name": "squid-cgi"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.12-1ubuntu7.5",
            "binary_name": "squid-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.12-1ubuntu7.5",
            "binary_name": "squid-purge"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.12-1ubuntu7.5",
            "binary_name": "squid3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.12-1ubuntu7.5",
            "binary_name": "squidclient"
        }
    ]
}