Security
Security
A Denial of Service vulnerability has been reported in Squid.
| Package | net-proxy/squid on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 2.6.17 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 2.6.17 |
Squid is a multi-protocol proxy server.
The Wikimedia Foundation reported a memory leak vulnerability when performing cache updates.
A remote attacker could perform numerous specially crafted requests to the vulnerable server, resulting in a Denial of Service.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Squid users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-proxy/squid-2.6.17"
Release date
January 09, 2008
Latest revision
January 09, 2008: 01
Severity
normal
Exploitable
remote
Bugzilla entries