USN-93-1: Squid vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-93-1

8th March, 2005

squid vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

  • Ubuntu 4.10

Details

A race condition was discovered in the handling of "Set-Cookie"
headers. If the obsolete Netscape recommendation was used for handling
cookies in the cache, it was possible for an attacker to steal the
cookies of other users.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:

Ubuntu 4.10:
squid

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

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References

CVE-2005-0626