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Debian Security Advisory DSA 809-1 (squid)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian 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

16 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update to squid announced via advisory DSA 809-1. Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Squid, the popular WWW proxy cache. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2005-2794 Certain aborted requests that trigger an assert may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service. CVE-2005-2796 Specially crafted requests can cause a denial of service.

Solution

Solution

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 2.5.9-10sarge1. For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 2.5.10-5. We recommend that you upgrade your squid package. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20809-1

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)