Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201604-4
========================================
Severity: Low, Medium, High, Critical
Date    : 2016-04-02
CVE-ID  : CVE-2016-3947
Package : squid
Type    : denial of service
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Summary
======
The package squid before version 3.5.16-1 is vulnerable to denial of
service.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 3.5.16-1.

# pacman -Syu "squid>=3.5.16-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 3.5.16.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
Due to incorrect bounds checking Squid is vulnerable to a denial
of service attack when processing HTTP responses.

Impact
=====
This problem allows a malicious client script and remote server
delivering certain unusual HTTP response syntax to trigger a
denial of service for all clients accessing the Squid service.

References
=========
http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2016_4.txt

ArchLinux: 201604-4: Squid: denial of service

April 2, 2016

Summary

Due to incorrect bounds checking Squid is vulnerable to a denial of service attack when processing HTTP responses.

Resolution

Upgrade to 3.5.16-1. # pacman -Syu "squid>=3.5.16-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 3.5.16.

References

http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2016_4.txt

Severity
Package : squid
Type : denial of service
Remote : Yes
Link : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Workaround

None.

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