CVE-2016-3947

squid: buffer overrun in Squid proxy pinger

Published Apr 7, 2016 CVSS 3.0 · 8.2 High EPSS 14.6% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2995-1 Squid vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.76647}

epss

{'score': 0.7881}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 12:10 AM
Reserved
Apr 1, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 7, 2016, 6:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:46 AM
Severity
Important
Public date
Apr 1, 2016, 12:00 AM