SuSE Linux issues Squid security alert

[InfoSec News <isn () c4i org>]

http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2002/0710susealert.html

By John Blau
IDG News Service, 07/10/02 

SuSE Linux AG Tuesday announced it has detected five security 
vulnerabilities in the version of the Squid Web cache software 
included in its Linux distribution.

Squid is a high-performance proxy cache server software for Web 
clients, supporting FTP, gopher and HTTP data objects. Unlike 
traditional caching software, Squid handles all requests in a single, 
nonblocking, I/O-driven process. 

The severity of the errors in the package ranges from harmless to 
critical, according to SuSE in Nürnberg, Germany. The company points 
to vulnerabilities in gopher clients and the FTP directory parsing 
code, which could "remotely execute code introduced by attackers." 

"Every open source vendor with Squid software, which is the most 
widely used cache proxy package, is affected," said Roman Drahtmüller, 
director of SuSE's security team. 

SuSE has released patches [1], which can be found, together with the 
company's security announcement. 

Further information about the Squid Web proxy can be found here [2]. 

[1] http://www.suse.de/de/support/security/2002_025_squid_txt.html
[2] http://www.squid-cache.org/



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