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Gentoo: GLSA-201110-24 High Severity: Squid Multiple Threats

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Calendar Grey October 26, 2011
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
High-severity vulnerabilities in Gentoo's Squid require immediate attention to avoid severe security risks, including unauthorized access and data breaches
Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Squid allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Squid. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service high severity gentoo arbitrary code execution squid multiple threats

Resolution

All squid users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-proxy/squid-3.1.15"
NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are available since September 4, 2011. It is likely that your system is already no longer affected by this issue.

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2009-2621 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-2621 [ 2 ] CVE-2009-2622 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-2622 [ 3 ] CVE-2009-2855 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-2855 [ 4 ] CVE-2010-0308 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-0308 [ 5 ] CVE-2010-0639 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-0639 [ 6 ] CVE-2010-2951 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2951 [ 7 ] CVE-2010-3072 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3072 [ 8 ] CVE-2011-3205 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3205

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201110-24
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: High
Title: Squid: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: October 26, 2011
Bugs: #279379, #279380, #301828, #334263, #381065, #386215
ID: 201110-24

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service high severity gentoo arbitrary code execution squid multiple threats

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Squid allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service.

Background

Squid is a full-featured web proxy cache.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-proxy/squid < 3.1.15 >= 3.1.15

Impact

===== Remote unauthenticated attackers may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the Squid process or cause a Denial of Service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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