1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200801-05 / squid |
| Release Date | January 09, 2008 |
| Latest Revision | January 09, 2008: 01 |
| Impact | normal |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| net-proxy/squid | < 2.6.17 | >= 2.6.17 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #201209
A Denial of Service vulnerability has been reported in Squid.
Squid is a multi-protocol proxy server.
The Wikimedia Foundation reported a memory leak vulnerability when performing cache updates.
A remote attacker could perform numerous specially crafted requests to the vulnerable server, resulting in a Denial of Service.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Squid users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-proxy/squid-2.6.17" |