[security-alerts] FW: [SA23767] Squid Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

["Kazennov, Vladimir" <Vladimir.Kazennov@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> TITLE:
> Squid Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
> 
> SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
> SA23767
> 
> VERIFY ADVISORY:
> http://secunia.com/advisories/23767/
> 
> CRITICAL:
> Less critical
> 
> IMPACT:
> DoS
> 
> WHERE:
> From remote
> 
> SOFTWARE:
> Squid 2.x
> http://secunia.com/product/310/
> 
> DESCRIPTION:
> Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Squid, which can be
> exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
> 
> 1) An error in the handling of certain FTP URL requests can be
> exploited to crash Squid by visiting a specially crafted FTP URL via
> the proxy.
> 
> 2) An error in the external_acl queue can cause Squid to crash when
> it is under high load conditions.
> 
> The vulnerabilities are reported in version 2.6. Other versions may
> also be affected.
> 
> SOLUTION:
> Update to version 2.6.STABLE7.
> 
> PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
> Reported by the vendor.
> 
> ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
> http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.6/squid-2.6.STABLE7-R
> ELEASENOTES.html#s12
>