USN-441-1: Squid vulnerability
Publication date
26 March 2007
Overview
Squid vulnerability
Releases
Details
A flaw was discovered in Squid's handling of the TRACE request method
which could lead to a crash. Remote attackers with access to the Squid
server could send malicious TRACE requests, and cause a denial of
service.
A flaw was discovered in Squid's handling of the TRACE request method
which could lead to a crash. Remote attackers with access to the Squid
server could send malicious TRACE requests, and cause a denial of
service.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.10 edgy | squid-common – 2.6.1-3ubuntu1.3 | ||
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