| Name | CVE-2016-4553 |
| Description | client_side.cc in Squid before 3.5.18 and 4.x before 4.0.10 does not properly ignore the Host header when absolute-URI is provided, which allows remote attackers to conduct cache-poisoning attacks via an HTTP request. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-3625-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 823968 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| squid (PTS) | buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 4.6-1+deb10u10 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 4.13-10+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 5.7-2+deb12u2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 6.12-1 | fixed |
| squid3 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.5.23-5+deb8u7 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 3.5.23-5+deb9u7 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 3.5.23-5+deb9u10 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| squid | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
| squid3 | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| squid3 | source | jessie | 3.4.8-6+deb8u3 | | DSA-3625-1 | |
| squid3 | source | (unstable) | 3.5.19-1 | | | 823968 |
Notes
[wheezy] - squid3 <not-affected> (issue introduced by CVE-2009-0801 fix, not applied in wheezy)
- squid <not-affected> (Does not affect 2.x)
http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2016_7.txt
Fix for 3.5.x: http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.5/changesets/squid-3.5-14039.patch
Fix for 3.5 relies on SBuf.
Fix for 3.4.x: http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.4/changesets/squid-3.4-13240.patch