[SECURITY] [DLA 445-1] squid3 security update

news · February 29, 2016

Package : squid3

Version : 3.1.6-1.2+squeeze6

CVE ID : CVE-2016-2569 CVE-2016-2571

Debian Bug : 816011

Several security issues have been discovered in the Squid caching proxy.

CVE-2016-2569

Squid wrongly checked boundaries of String data, making it possible

for remote attackers to cause a Denial-of-Service by a crafted HTTP

Vary header. Issue found by Mathias Fischer from Open Systems AG.

CVE-2016-2571

Squid was susceptible to a Denial of Service caused by storing

certain kind of data after failing to parse a response. Issue

discovered by Alex Rousskov from The Measurement Factory

For Debian 6 "Squeeze", these issues have been fixed in squid3 version

3.1.6-1.2+squeeze6. We recommend you to upgrade your squid3 packages.

Learn more about the Debian Long Term Support (LTS) Project and how to

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