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

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

=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2327-1
August 28, 2014

squid3 vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

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.

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

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




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

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Calendar Grey August 28, 2014
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
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

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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=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2327-1

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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