CVE-2016-3947

High

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Icmp6::Recv function in icmp/Icmp6.cc in the pinger utility in Squid before 3.5.16 and 4.x before 4.0.8 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (performance degradation or transition failures) or write sensitive information to log files via an ICMPv6 packet.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.2
Exploit probability—
ProductSquid
PublishedApr 7, 2016
First seenApr 7, 2016

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
squid-cache squidv ≤ 3.5.15, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.5, 4.0.6, 4.0.7—
canonical ubuntu_linux12.04, 14.04, 15.10, 16.04—

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