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CVE-2016-2390
The FwdState::connectedToPeer method in FwdState.cc in Squid before 3.5.14 and 4.0.x before 4.0.6 does not properly handle SSL handshake…
Medium5.9EPSS 25.6%
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- mitre
Description
The FwdState::connectedToPeer method in FwdState.cc in Squid before 3.5.14 and 4.0.x before 4.0.6 does not properly handle SSL handshake errors when built with the --with-openssl option, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a plaintext HTTP message.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 25.6% · top 2.0% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (7)
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2016_1.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1996 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 1035045 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- [squid-announce] 20160216 Squid 4.0.6 beta is available (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [squid-announce] 20160216 Squid 3.5.14 is available (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:2089 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://bugs.squid-cache.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4437 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .