GLSA 201607-01: Squid: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Squid: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	07/09/2016
Bugs:	#536276, #575542, #578970, #580656, #582814
ID:	201607-01

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Squid, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution, or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background

Squid is a full-featured Web proxy cache designed to run on Unix systems. It supports proxying and caching of HTTP, FTP, and other URLs, as well as SSL support, cache hierarchies, transparent caching, access control lists and many other features.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-proxy/squid	< 3.5.19	>= 3.5.19	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Squid. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

An attacker can possibly execute arbitrary code or create a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Squid users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-proxy/squid-3.5.19"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201607-01.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.