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A vulnerability was found in Squid Proxy 3.5.17 (Firewall Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Host Header Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a data authenticity vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-345. The product does not sufficiently verify the origin or authenticity of data, in a way that causes it to accept invalid data. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
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 crated HTTP Host header, aka a "header smuggling" issue.
The weakness was shared 05/06/2016 as SQUID-2016:8 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at squid-cache.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-4554 since 05/06/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91393 (CentOS 6 : squid34 (CESA-2016:1140)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 236019 (Red Hat Update for Squid 3.4 (RHSA-2016:1140)).
Upgrading to version 3.5.18 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (113042) and Tenable (91393).
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.7VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.1
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Class: Data authenticityCWE: CWE-345
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Status: Unproven
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Nessus ID: 91393
Nessus Name: CentOS 6 : squid34 (CESA-2016:1140)
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OpenVAS ID: 830993
OpenVAS Name: Squid Cache Poisoning Vulnerability May16 (Windows)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Proxy 3.5.18
Timeline
05/06/2016 🔍05/06/2016 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: squid-cache.orgAdvisory: SQUID-2016:8
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4554 (🔍)
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X-Force: 113042 - Squid Host header security bypass
SecurityTracker: 1035769
Entry
Created: 05/10/2016 10:40Updated: 08/18/2022 07:35
Changes: 05/10/2016 10:40 (71), 11/23/2018 10:46 (9), 08/18/2022 07:35 (4)
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Cache ID: 3:423:103
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