Package : squid Vulnerability : several Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-2794 CAN-2005-2796
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Squid, the popular WWW proxy cache. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
CAN-2005-2794
Certain aborted requests that trigger an assert may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service.
CAN-2005-2796
Specially crafted requests can cause a denial of service.
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 2.5.9-10sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 2.5.10-5.
We recommend that you upgrade your squid package.
Upgrade Instructions - --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge - --------------------------------