cve/2016/CVE-2016-2572.md

### [CVE-2016-2572](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2572)
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### Description

http.cc in Squid 4.x before 4.0.7 relies on the HTTP status code after a response-parsing failure, which allows remote HTTP servers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a malformed response.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/26/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/26/2
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2016_2.txt
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2016_2.txt

#### Github
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