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[USN-565-1] Squid vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-565-1           January 09, 2008
squid vulnerability
CVE-2007-6239
Kwetsbare Ubuntu versies:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Ubuntu 6.10
Ubuntu 7.04
Ubuntu 7.10

Kwetsbare pakketten:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
squid 2.5.12-4ubuntu2.3
Ubuntu 6.10
squid 2.6.1-3ubuntu1.5
Ubuntu 7.10
squid 2.6.14-1ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu 7.04
squid 2.6.5-4ubuntu2.1

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

It was discovered that Squid did not always clean up cache memory correctly. A remote attacker could manipulate cache update replies and cause Squid to use all available memory, leading to a denial of service.