GLSA 200801-05: Squid: Denial of Service
| Severity: | normal |
| Title: | Squid: Denial of Service |
| Date: | 01/09/2008 |
| Bugs: | |
| ID: | 200801-05 |
Synopsis
A Denial of Service vulnerability has been reported in Squid.Background
Squid is a multi-protocol proxy server.
Affected packages
| Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| net-proxy/squid | < 2.6.17 | >= 2.6.17 | All supported architectures |
Description
The Wikimedia Foundation reported a memory leak vulnerability when performing cache updates.
Impact
A remote attacker could perform numerous specially crafted requests to the vulnerable server, resulting in a Denial of Service.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All Squid users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-proxy/squid-2.6.17"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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