USN-601-1: Squid vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 7.10
• Ubuntu 7.04
• Ubuntu 6.10
• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• squid -

Details

It was discovered that Squid did not perform proper bounds checking when
processing cache update replies. A remote authenticated user may be able
to trigger an assertion error and cause a denial of service. This
vulnerability is due to an incorrect upstream fix for CVE-2007-6239.
(CVE-2008-1612)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 7.10

• squid - 2.6.14-1ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 7.04

• squid - 2.6.5-4ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 6.10

• squid - 2.6.1-3ubuntu1.7

Ubuntu 6.06

• squid - 2.5.12-4ubuntu2.4

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2008-1612