CVE-2016-4554

HIGH8.6EPSS 68.9%

squid - security update

Published: 5/10/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4554

Description

mime_header.cc in Squid before 3.5.18 allows remote attackers to bypass intended same-origin restrictions and possibly conduct cache-poisoning attacks via a crafted HTTP Host header, aka a "header smuggling" issue.

Affected packages (2)

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 3.1HIGH8.6CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

References (1)