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CVE-2016-2570

N/A

Published: February 27, 2016 at 02:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:44 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorCache Squid

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 9%

Description

The Edge Side Includes (ESI) parser in Squid 3.x before 3.5.15 and 4.x before 4.0.7 does not check buffer limits during XML parsing, which allows remote HTTP servers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted XML document, related to esi/CustomParser.cc and esi/CustomParser.h.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Cache Squid · Squid Cache

95%

3.0 3.0 rc4 3.0.stable1 3.0.stable10 3.0.stable11 3.0.stable11 rc1 3.0.stable12 3.0.stable13 3.0.stable14 3.0.stable15 3.0.stable16 3.0.stable16 rc1 3.0.stable17 3.0.stable18 3.0.stable19 3.0.stable2 3.0.stable20 3.0.stable21 3.0.stable22 3.0.stable23 3.0.stable24 3.0.stable25 3.0.stable3 3.0.stable4 3.0.stable5 3.0.stable6 3.0.stable7 3.0.stable8 3.0.stable9 3.1 3.1.0.1 3.1.0.10 3.1.0.11 3.1.0.12 3.1.0.13 3.1.0.14 3.1.0.15 3.1.0.16 3.1.0.17 3.1.0.18 3.1.0.2 3.1.0.3 3.1.0.4 3.1.0.5 3.1.0.6 3.1.0.7 3.1.0.8 3.1.0.9 3.1.1 3.1.10 3.1.11 3.1.12 3.1.13 3.1.14 3.1.15 3.1.2 3.1.3 3.1.4 3.1.5 3.1.5.1 3.1.6 3.1.7 3.1.8 3.1.9 3.2.0.1 3.2.0.10 3.2.0.11 3.2.0.12 3.2.0.13 3.2.0.14 3.2.0.15 3.2.0.16 3.2.0.17 3.2.0.18 3.2.0.19 3.2.0.2 3.2.0.3 3.2.0.4 3.2.0.5 3.2.0.6 3.2.0.7 3.2.0.8 3.2.0.9 3.2.1 3.2.10 3.2.11 3.2.12 3.2.13 3.2.2 3.2.3 3.2.4 3.2.5 3.2.6 3.2.7 3.2.8 3.2.9 3.3.0 3.3.0.2 3.3.0.3 3.3.1 3.3.10 3.3.11 3.3.12 3.3.13 3.3.2 3.3.3 3.3.4 3.3.5 3.3.6 3.3.7 3.3.8 3.3.9 3.4.0.1 3.4.0.2 3.4.0.3 3.4.1 3.4.10 3.4.11 3.4.12 3.4.13 3.4.2 3.4.3 3.4.4 3.4.8 3.4.9 3.5.0.1 3.5.0.2 3.5.0.3 3.5.0.4 3.5.1 4.0.1 4.0.2 4.0.3 4.0.4 4.0.5 4.0.6

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (11)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE

Source: [email protected]

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00010.html

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE

Source: [email protected]

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00040.html

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE

Source: [email protected]

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00069.html

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT

Source: [email protected]

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2600.html

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST

Source: [email protected]

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/26/2

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035101

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2016_2.txt

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: [email protected]

http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.5/changesets/squid-3.5-13993.patch

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-20

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