- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3924-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso August 02, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : varnish CVE ID : not yet assigned Debian Bug : 870467 A denial of service vulnerability was discovered in Varnish, a state of the art, high-performance web accelerator. Specially crafted HTTP requests can cause the Varnish daemon to assert and restart, clearing the cache in the process. See https://varnish-cache.org/security/VSV00001.html for details. For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 4.0.2-1+deb8u1. For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 5.0.0-7+deb9u1. We recommend that you upgrade your varnish packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Debian: DSA-3924-1: varnish security update
A denial of service vulnerability was discovered in Varnish, a state of the art, high-performance web accelerator. Specially crafted HTTP requests can cause the Varnish daemon to assert and restart, clearing the cache in the process.
