CVE-2016-5408

Published: 10 August 2016

Stack-based buffer overflow in the munge_other_line function in cachemgr.cgi in the squid package before 3.1.23-16.el6_8.6 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2016-4051.

Notes

Author	Note
mdeslaur	rhel-specific

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
squid3 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Not vulnerable
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was not-affected)
	upstream	Needs triage
	wily	Not vulnerable
	xenial	Not vulnerable

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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