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Gentoo GLSA 200502-04: Squid Denial of Service and Access Issues

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Gentoo users must note that vulnerabilities exist in Squid, potentially leading to Denial of Service attacks and web cache poisoning risks. Prompt upgrades are recommended
Squid contains vulnerabilities in the code handling WCCP, HTTP and LDAP which could lead to Denial of Service, access control bypass, web cache and log poisoning

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200502-04:02 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Squid: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: February 02, 2005 Updated: February 02, 2005 Bugs: #79495, #78776, #80201, #80341 ID: 200502-04:02

Synopsis ======= Squid contains vulnerabilities in the code handling WCCP, HTTP and LDAP which could lead to Denial of Service, access control bypass, web cache and log poisoning.
Background ========= Squid is a full-featured Web proxy cache designed to run on Unix systems. It supports proxying and caching of HTTP, FTP, and other protocols, as well as SSL support, cache hierarchies, transparent caching, access control lists and many other features.
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