SB2016121405 - Memory corruption in squid (Alpine package)



SB2016121405 - Memory corruption in squid (Alpine package)

Published: December 14, 2016

Security Bulletin ID SB2016121405
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2570)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in the Edge Side Includes (ESI) parser due to improper checking of buffer limits during XML parsing. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted XML document, related to esi/CustomParser.cc and esi/CustomParser.h, as demonstrated by a crafted HTTP Vary header, trigger assertion failure and daemon exit and cause the service to crash.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.