CVE-2016-5408

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-08-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

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.

Affected products

Oracle Corporation Oracle Linux: 6
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1573.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1573.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html

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