UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4553

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4553
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4553.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4553
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Published
2016-05-10T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:45Z
Severity
  • 8.6 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / squid3

Package

Name
squid3
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/squid3@3.3.8-1ubuntu6.8?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.3.8-1ubuntu6.8

Affected versions

3.*

3.3.8-1ubuntu3
3.3.8-1ubuntu4
3.3.8-1ubuntu5
3.3.8-1ubuntu6
3.3.8-1ubuntu6.1
3.3.8-1ubuntu6.2
3.3.8-1ubuntu6.3
3.3.8-1ubuntu6.4
3.3.8-1ubuntu6.6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.3.8-1ubuntu6.8",
            "binary_name": "squid"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.3.8-1ubuntu6.8",
            "binary_name": "squid-cgi"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.3.8-1ubuntu6.8",
            "binary_name": "squid-purge"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.3.8-1ubuntu6.8",
            "binary_name": "squid3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.3.8-1ubuntu6.8",
            "binary_name": "squid3-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.3.8-1ubuntu6.8",
            "binary_name": "squidclient"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / squid3

Package

Name
squid3
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/squid3@3.5.12-1ubuntu7.2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.5.12-1ubuntu7.2

Affected versions

3.*

3.3.8-1ubuntu16
3.3.8-1ubuntu17
3.5.12-1ubuntu6
3.5.12-1ubuntu7
3.5.12-1ubuntu7.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.12-1ubuntu7.2",
            "binary_name": "squid"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.12-1ubuntu7.2",
            "binary_name": "squid-cgi"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.12-1ubuntu7.2",
            "binary_name": "squid-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.12-1ubuntu7.2",
            "binary_name": "squid-purge"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.12-1ubuntu7.2",
            "binary_name": "squid3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.12-1ubuntu7.2",
            "binary_name": "squidclient"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}