USN-2921-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2921-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2921-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-2921-1
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Published
2016-03-07T12:56:15.861444Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:12Z
Summary
squid3 vulnerabilities
Details

Sebastian Krahmer discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain SNMP requests. If SNMP is enabled, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-6270)

Alex Rousskov discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain malformed responses. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-2571)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / squid3

Package

Name
squid3
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/squid3@3.3.8-1ubuntu6.6?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.3.8-1ubuntu6.6

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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.3.8-1ubuntu6.6",
            "binary_name": "squid"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.3.8-1ubuntu6.6",
            "binary_name": "squid-cgi"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.3.8-1ubuntu6.6",
            "binary_name": "squid-purge"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.3.8-1ubuntu6.6",
            "binary_name": "squid3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.3.8-1ubuntu6.6",
            "binary_name": "squid3-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.3.8-1ubuntu6.6",
            "binary_name": "squidclient"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "low",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2014-6270"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "low",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2016-2571"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
}