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CVE-2016-4553
HIGH · CVSS 8.6
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-05-10T19:59:00.137 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:47:46.123

Summary

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.

Affected products

canonical — ubuntu_linux

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References

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