New! Vulnerability Priority Rating (VPR)
Tenable calculates a dynamic VPR for every vulnerability. VPR combines vulnerability information with threat intelligence and machine learning algorithms to predict which vulnerabilities are most likely to be exploited in attacks. Read more about what VPR is and how it's different from CVSS.
VPR Score: 6.1
Synopsis
The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
Description
Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in squid :
Due to incorrect buffer limits and related bound checks Squid is vulnerable to a denial of service attack when processing specially crafted requests or responses (CVE-2009-2621).
Due to incorrect data validation Squid is vulnerable to a denial of service attack when processing specially crafted responses (CVE-2009-2622).
This update provides fixes for these vulnerabilities.
Update :
Additional upstream security patches were applied :
Debug warnings fills up the logs.
Upstream Bug 2728: regression: assertion failed: http.cc:705: !eof
Solution
Update the affected squid and / or squid-cachemgr packages.