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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200903-38 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Squid: Multiple Denial of Service vulnerabilities |
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Date: March 24, 2009 |
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Bugs: #216319, #257585 |
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ID: 200903-38 |
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Synopsis |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Squid which allow for |
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remote Denial of Service attacks. |
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Background |
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Squid is a full-featured web proxy cache. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 net-proxy/squid < 2.7.6 >= 2.7.6 |
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Description |
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* The arrayShrink function in lib/Array.c can cause an array to |
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shrink to 0 entries, which triggers an assert error. NOTE: this issue |
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is due to an incorrect fix for CVE-2007-6239 (CVE-2008-1612). |
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* An invalid version number in a HTTP request may trigger an |
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assertion in HttpMsg.c and HttpStatusLine.c (CVE-2009-0478). |
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Impact |
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The issues allows for Denial of Service attacks against the service via |
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an HTTP request with an invalid version number and other specially |
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crafted requests. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All Squid users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-proxy/squid-2.7.6" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2007-6239 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6239 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2008-1612 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1612 |
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[ 3 ] CVE-2009-0478 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0478 |
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[ 4 ] GLSA-200801-05 |
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http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200801-05.xml |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-38.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2009 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |