CVE-2016-2572
squid: wrong error handling for malformed HTTP responses
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
Review impact separately from score.
Published · February 24, 2016
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
It was found that squid did not properly handle errors when failing to parse an HTTP response, possibly leading to an assertion failure. A malicious HTTP server could use this flaw to crash squid using a specially crafted HTTP response.
Statement
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates.
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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 2.0 · 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWE-228 · Improper Handling of Syntactically Invalid Structure