CVE-2016-10002

squid: Information disclosure in HTTP request processing

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · December 16, 2016

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

It was found that squid did not properly remove connection specific headers when answering conditional requests using a cached request. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request to an HTTP server via the squid proxy and steal private data from other connections.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor