- --------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 809-2                     security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                             Martin Schulze
September 30th, 2005                    http://www.debian.org/security/faq
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package        : squid
Vulnerability  : assertion error
Problem type   : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID         : CAN-2005-2794
Debian Bug     : 320035

Certain aborted requests that trigger an assertion in squid, the
popular WWW proxy cache, may allow remote attackers to cause a denial
of service.  This update also fixes a regression caused by DSA 751.

For the oldstable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.4.6-2woody10.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.5.9-10sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.5.10-5.

We recommend that you upgrade your squid package.


Upgrade Instructions
- --------------------wget url
        will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
        will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
        will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
        will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
- --------------------------------  Source archives:

          Size/MD5 checksum:      614 72838788cad08e14db248125795fef03
          Size/MD5 checksum:   257792 036373fa29b3f0ef0f13f1ce2b7e9506
          Size/MD5 checksum:  1081920 59ce2c58da189626d77e27b9702ca228

  Alpha architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   817042 b0318ebf7e5450af40b441af0c50b229
          Size/MD5 checksum:    75990 a0b663697addfd7ddbb88720c0b9e68e
          Size/MD5 checksum:    60788 65e29fc78534c678777e894cd26eec7f

  ARM architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   727164 d19d26c7184a23612fdc6bdb005e11b9
          Size/MD5 checksum:    73770 4fa3a5c95b1afa8842b8a340ec702860
          Size/MD5 checksum:    59082 2e1de11f65b713e3db221e1ea8bbef34

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   685324 d228802c15397d498ca395a79b6d56bc
          Size/MD5 checksum:    74282 fd8888249ca4080be1ba62e9cdd5b3ba
          Size/MD5 checksum:    58774 8ba44f4a2da57814f0813d21e23b5f95

  Intel IA-64 architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   954974 feeefd11d6f446fbf70cc5954b9273df
          Size/MD5 checksum:    79824 ca19bb8416b7648195cc7b1c9768ceab
          Size/MD5 checksum:    63464 d9b3f5e4b4e690dee6bff6a720112d08

  HP Precision architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   780254 31bcfe48aa1774e2f29a9fc3fcb028f0
          Size/MD5 checksum:    75208 ab2f18b11bea0362cf27cab265324e10
          Size/MD5 checksum:    60236 c11448e476cc4aecc2f8fbd8f35873aa

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   667886 9c1c6c63caca8e2ba13723060cb0038a
          Size/MD5 checksum:    73110 5c5bb1288209366cc195afb92ada5c88
          Size/MD5 checksum:    58332 8dd16ceb8fca5fbc29e2e051d21a1c02

  Big endian MIPS architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   766336 aa28ffd592af2bf9fd57aae55e4c4c42
          Size/MD5 checksum:    74746 c037664fd063e6b938131b67290471ee
          Size/MD5 checksum:    59382 dc652da2e206ca66180c2b8038a2d531

  Little endian MIPS architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   766916 842c270e8d8aac9c8cafd710e7a80056
          Size/MD5 checksum:    74798 883335e9cbc0bab9dcf6f8d341ef65f4
          Size/MD5 checksum:    59462 462a5a45363182d594099aa0c8fd9aed

  PowerPC architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   724132 156c01c65ee7cf2fed18fee9efb9a041
          Size/MD5 checksum:    73768 5b595aa01f81366cd5a8c2a0c2e910eb
          Size/MD5 checksum:    58980 b15773fde173ecf67c0491a29b4db6d6

  IBM S/390 architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   713198 8e578e68b934256633d79da244add1af
          Size/MD5 checksum:    74096 ff166996af8bc0443447014a6b614648
          Size/MD5 checksum:    59528 8bb8826cfdb59c54ffa7e14b19840795

  Sun Sparc architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   725476 7653876e85019972267725ec16038326
          Size/MD5 checksum:    76372 64ae6d6fe2317785a8d537bb4664106e
          Size/MD5 checksum:    61404 33d487f77d9912900e14c033b4a3a306


  These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
  its next update.

- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp:  dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: squid fix denial of service DSA-809-2

September 30, 2005
Updated package.

Summary


For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.5.9-10sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.5.10-5.

We recommend that you upgrade your squid package.


Upgrade Instructions
- --------------------wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody

Size/MD5 checksum: 614 72838788cad08e14db248125795fef03
Size/MD5 checksum: 257792 036373fa29b3f0ef0f13f1ce2b7e9506
Size/MD5 checksum: 1081920 59ce2c58da189626d77e27b9702ca228

Alpha architecture:

Size/MD5 checksum: 817042...

Read the Full Advisory

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