USN-2422-1: Squid vulnerabilities

Publication date

25 November 2014

Overview

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


Packages

  • squid3 - Web proxy cache server

Details

Sebastian Krahmer discovered that the Squid pinger incorrectly handled
certain malformed ICMP packets. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Sebastian Krahmer discovered that the Squid pinger incorrectly handled
certain malformed ICMP packets. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
14.10 utopic squid3 –  3.3.8-1ubuntu8.1
14.04 trusty squid3 –  3.3.8-1ubuntu6.2

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