Re: [SECURITY] [DSA-1646-1] New squid packages fix array bounds check
On 2008-10-08, Amon Ott <ao@m-privacy.de> wrote:
> Am Dienstag 07 Oktober 2008 schrieb Devin Carraway:
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>> Debian Security Advisory DSA-1646-1 security@debian.org
>> http://www.debian.org/security/ Devin Carraway
>> October 07, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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>>
>> Package : squid
>> Vulnerability : array bounds check
>> Problem type : remote
>> Debian-specific: no
>> CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-1612
>>
>> A weakness has been discovered in squid, a caching proxy server. The
>> flaw was introduced upstream in response to CVE-2007-6239, and
>> announced by Debian in DSA-1482-1. The flaw involves an
>> over-aggressive bounds check on an array resize, and could be
>> exploited by an authorized client to induce a denial of service
>> condition against squid.
>
> It seems that in 2.6.5-6etch2 sources 59-dos-cache-update-2 is missing from
> debian/patches/00list and thus does not get applied when building the
> package. Is this on purpose?
An updated update is already in preparation.
Cheers,
Moritz
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