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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS USN-2327-1 Critical: Squid 3 Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey August 28, 2014
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Explore the Ubuntu Security Advisory USN-2328-1, which pertains to a vulnerability in apache2 that could result in applications being compromised.
Squid could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

Squid could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network

traffic.

Software Description:

- squid3: Web proxy cache server

Details:

Matthew Daley discovered that Squid 3 did not properly perform input

validation in request parsing. A remote attacker could send crafted Range

requests to cause a denial of service.

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  squid3                          3.3.8-1ubuntu6.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  squid3                          3.1.19-1ubuntu3.12.04.3

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2327-1

CVE-2014-3609

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/squid3/3.3.8-1ubuntu6.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/squid3/3.1.19-1ubuntu3.12.04.3

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