It was found that the fix for CVE-2016-4051 released via RHSA-2016:1138 did not properly prevent the stack overflow in the munge_other_line() function. A remote attacker could send specially crafted data to the Squid proxy, which would exploit the cachemgr CGI utility, possibly triggering execution of arbitrary code.
Find out more about CVE-2016-5408 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Base Score | 5.1 |
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Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Access Vector | Network |
Access Complexity | High |
Authentication | None |
Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
Integrity Impact | Partial |
Availability Impact | Partial |
CVSS3 Base Score | 7.5 |
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CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Attack Vector | Network |
Attack Complexity | High |
Privileges Required | None |
User Interaction | Required |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity Impact | High |
Availability Impact | High |
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Platform | Errata | Release Date |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (squid) | RHSA-2016:1573 | 2016-08-04 |
Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | squid | Not affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | squid34 | Not affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | squid | Not affected |