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Ubuntu Update for squid vulnerabilities USN-414-1

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Ubuntu Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-414-1

Insight

Insight

David Duncan Ross Palmer and Henrik Nordstrom discovered that squid incorrectly handled special characters in FTP URLs. Remote users with access to squid could crash the server leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2007-0247) Erick Dantas Rotole and Henrik Nordstrom discovered that squid could end up in an endless loop when exhausted of available external ACL helpers. Remote users with access to squid could cause CPU starvation, possibly leading to a denial of service. This does not affect a default Ubuntu installation, since external ACL helpers must be configured and used. (CVE-2007-0248)

Affected Software

Affected Software

squid vulnerabilities on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS , Ubuntu 6.10

Solution

Solution

Please Install the Updated Packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)