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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60358
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1482-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'squid' package(s) announced via the DSA-1482-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'squid' package(s) announced via the DSA-1482-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that malformed cache update replies against the Squid WWW proxy cache could lead to the exhaustion of system memory, resulting in potential denial of service.

For the old stable distribution (sarge), the update cannot currently be processed on the buildd security network due to a bug in the archive management script. This will be resolved soon. An update for i386 is temporarily available at .

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.5-6etch1.

We recommend that you upgrade your squid packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'squid' package(s) on Debian 4.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-6239
1019036
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019036
26687
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26687
27910
http://secunia.com/advisories/27910
28091
http://secunia.com/advisories/28091
28109
http://secunia.com/advisories/28109
28350
http://secunia.com/advisories/28350
28381
http://secunia.com/advisories/28381
28403
http://secunia.com/advisories/28403
28412
http://secunia.com/advisories/28412
28814
http://secunia.com/advisories/28814
34467
http://secunia.com/advisories/34467
ADV-2007-4066
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4066
DSA-1482
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1482
FEDORA-2007-4161
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00507.html
FEDORA-2007-4170
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00497.html
GLSA-200801-05
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-05.xml
GLSA-200903-38
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-38.xml
MDVSA-2008:002
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:002
RHSA-2007:1130
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1130.html
SUSE-SR:2008:001
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00002.html
USN-565-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-565-1
VU#232881
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/232881
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201209
http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2007_2.txt
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.6/changesets/11780.patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=410181
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10915
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10915
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