Ubuntu Security Notice USN-601-1
14th April, 2008
squid vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 7.10
- Ubuntu 7.04
- Ubuntu 6.10
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Software description
- 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 version:
- 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 LTS:
- squid 2.5.12-4ubuntu2.4
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.