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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-601-1 April 14, 2008 squid vulnerability CVE-2008-1612 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 Ubuntu 7.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: squid 2.5.12-4ubuntu2.4 Ubuntu 6.10: squid 2.6.1-3ubuntu1.7 Ubuntu 7.04: squid 2.6.5-4ubuntu2.2 Ubuntu 7.10: squid 2.6.14-1ubuntu2.2 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: It was discovered that Squid did not perform proper bounds checking when processing cache update replies. A remote authenticated user may be able to trigger an assertion error and cause a denial of service. This vulnerability is due to an incorrect fix for CVE-2007-6239. (CVE-2008-1612)