Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Icmp6::Recv Function in Squid

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Icmp6::Recv Function in Squid

CVE-2016-3947 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Icmp6::Recv function in icmp/Icmp6.cc in the pinger utility in Squid before 3.5.16 and 4.x before 4.0.8 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (performance degradation or transition failures) or write sensitive information to log files via an ICMPv6 packet.

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