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CVE-2016-3947

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Icmp6::Recv function in icmp/Icmp6.cc in the pinger utility in...

8.2 HighFix available

CVE-2016-3947 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.2) in Squid-cache Squid, published April 6, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.6%, the 96th percentile. Fixed in squid 4.1-1.

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

14.6%Up 13.1 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.2

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.

Record
CVE-2016-3947
CVSS 3.0
8.2 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2016-3947
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-4959 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2016-4959
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-59fp-mgp3-qph8 8.2

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Icmp6::Recv function in icmp/Icmp6.cc in the pinger utility in...

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.

Record
GHSA-59fp-mgp3-qph8
CVSS 3.0
8.2 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 8.2

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.

Record
CVE-2016-3947
CVSS 3.0
8.2 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2016-3947 8.2

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3947
CVSS 3.0
8.2 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-3947 8.2

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3947
CVSS 3.0
8.2 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2016-0133 No score

Updated squid packages fix security vulnerabilities

Updated squid packages fix security vulnerabilities:

Due to a buffer overrun, the Squid pinger binary in Squid before 3.5.16 is vulnerable to a denial of service or information leak attack when processing ICMPv6 packets. This bug also permits the server response to manipulate other ICMP and ICMPv6 queries processing to cause information leaks (CVE-2016-3947).

Due to incorrect bounds checking, Squid before 3.5.16 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack when processing HTTP responses (CVE-2016-3948).

Record
MGASA-2016-0133
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11403-1 No score

squid-4.16-1.5 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the squid-4.16-1.5 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11403-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:2008-1 No score

Security update for squid

The Squid HTTP proxy has been updated to version 3.3.14, fixing the following security issues:

  • Fixed multiple Denial of Service issues in HTTP Response processing. (CVE-2016-2569, CVE-2016-2570, CVE-2016-2571, CVE-2016-2572, bsc#968392, bsc#968393, bsc#968394, bsc#968395)
  • CVE-2016-3947: Buffer overrun issue in pinger ICMPv6 processing. (bsc#973782)
  • CVE-2015-5400: Improper protection of alternate path. (bsc#938715)
  • CVE-2015-3455: Squid http proxy configured with client-first SSL bumping did not correctly validate server certificate. (bsc#929493)
  • CVE-2016-3948: Fixed denial of service in HTTP Response processing (bsc#973783)
  • CVE-2016-4051: fixes buffer overflow in cachemgr.cgi (bsc#976553)
  • CVE-2016-4052, CVE-2016-4053, CVE-2016-4054: Fixed multiple issues in ESI processing (bsc#976556)
  • CVE-2016-4553: Fixed cache poisoning issue in HTTP Request handling (bsc#979009)
  • CVE-2016-4554: Fixed header smuggling issue in HTTP Request processing (bsc#979010)
  • Fixed multiple Denial of Service issues in ESI Response processing. (CVE-2016-4555, CVE-2016-4556, bsc#979011, bsc#979008)

Additionally, the following non-security issues have been fixed:

  • Fix header size in script unsquid.pl. (bsc#902197)
  • Add external helper ext_session_acl to package. (bsc#959290)
  • Update forward_max_tries to permit 25 server paths With cloud sites becoming more popular more CDN servers are producing long lists of IPv6 and IPv4 addresses. If there are not enough paths selected the IPv4 ones may never be reached.
  • squid.init: wait that squid really dies when we kill it on upgrade instead of proclaiming its demise prematurely (bnc#963539)
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:2008-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:2089-1 No score

Security update for squid3

This update for squid3 fixes the following issues:

  • Multiple issues in pinger ICMP processing. (CVE-2014-7141, CVE-2014-7142)

  • CVE-2016-3947: Buffer overrun issue in pinger ICMPv6 processing. (bsc#973782)

  • CVE-2016-4554: fix header smuggling issue in HTTP Request processing (bsc#979010)

  • Fix multiple Denial of Service issues in HTTP Response processing. (CVE-2016-2569, CVE-2016-2570, CVE-2016-2571, CVE-2016-2572, bsc#968392, bsc#968393, bsc#968394, bsc#968395)

  • Regression caused by the DoS fixes above (bsc#993299)

  • CVE-2016-3948: Fix denial of service in HTTP Response processing (bsc#973783)

  • CVE-2016-4051: fixes buffer overflow in cachemgr.cgi (bsc#976553)

  • CVE-2016-4052, CVE-2016-4053, CVE-2016-4054:

    • fixes multiple issues in ESI processing (bsc#976556)
  • CVE-2016-4556: fixes double free vulnerability in Esi.cc (bsc#979008)

  • CVE-2015-5400: Improper Protection of Alternate Path (bsc#938715)

  • CVE-2014-6270: fix off-by-one in snmp subsystem (bsc#895773)

  • Memory leak in squid3 when using external_acl (bsc#976708)

Record
SUSE-SU-2016:2089-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-2995-1 No score

squid3 vulnerabilities

Yuriy M. Kaminskiy discovered that the Squid pinger utility incorrectly handled certain ICMPv6 packets. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly cause Squid to leak information into log files. (CVE-2016-3947)

Yuriy M. Kaminskiy discovered that the Squid cachemgr.cgi tool incorrectly handled certain crafted data. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-4051)

It was discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain Edge Side Includes (ESI) responses. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-4052, CVE-2016-4053, CVE-2016-4054)

Jianjun Chen discovered that Squid did not correctly ignore the Host header when absolute-URI is provided. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to conduct cache-poisoning attacks. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 15.10 and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-4553)

Jianjun Chen discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain HTTP Host headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to conduct cache-poisoning attacks. (CVE-2016-4554)

It was discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain Edge Side Includes (ESI) responses. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-4555, CVE-2016-4556)

Record
USN-2995-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
squid
Debian:12
before 4.1-1
4.1-1
squid
Debian:13
before 4.1-1
4.1-1
squid
Debian:14
before 4.1-1
4.1-1
squid
Mageia:5
before 3.5.16-1.mga5
3.5.16-1.mga5
squid
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
before 3.3.14-20.2
3.3.14-20.2
squid
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
before 3.3.14-20.2
3.3.14-20.2
squid3
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
before 3.1.23-8.16.30.1
3.1.23-8.16.30.1
squid3
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
before 3.1.23-8.16.30.1
3.1.23-8.16.30.1
squid3
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 3.3.8-1ubuntu6.8, plus listed versions
3.3.8-1ubuntu33.3.8-1ubuntu43.3.8-1ubuntu53.3.8-1ubuntu63.3.8-1ubuntu6.1
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3.3.8-1ubuntu6.23.3.8-1ubuntu6.33.3.8-1ubuntu6.43.3.8-1ubuntu6.6
3.3.8-1ubuntu6.8
squid3
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
before 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.2, plus listed versions
3.3.8-1ubuntu163.3.8-1ubuntu173.5.12-1ubuntu63.5.12-1ubuntu73.5.12-1ubuntu7.1
3.5.12-1ubuntu7.2
squid
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
before 4.16-1.5
4.16-1.5

History

History
WhenChangedSources
2026-11-03aliasesEUVD
2026-11-02createdCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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