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Mandriva Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:293 (squidGuard)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to squidGuard announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:293.
Insight
Insight
Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in squidGuard: Buffer overflow in sgLog.c in squidGuard 1.3 and 1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang or loss of blocking functionality) via a long URL with many / (slash) characters, related to emergency mode. (CVE-2009-3700). Multiple buffer overflows in squidGuard 1.4 allow remote attackers to bypass intended URL blocking via a long URL, related to (1) the relationship between a certain buffer size in squidGuard and a certain buffer size in Squid and (2) a redirect URL that contains information about the originally requested URL (CVE-2009-3826). squidGuard was upgraded to 1.2.1 for MNF2/CS3/CS4 with additional upstream security and bug fixes patches applied. This update fixes these vulnerabilities. Affected: 2009.0, 2009.1, Corporate 3.0, Corporate 4.0, Enterprise Server 5.0, Multi Network Firewall 2.0
Solution
Solution
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2009:293