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[DSA688] DSA-688-1 squid

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-688-1 squid

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Upstream developers have discovered several problems in squid, the
Internet object cache, the popular WWW proxy cache. A remote attacker
can cause squid to crash via certain DNS responses.
For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in
version 2.4.6-2woody7.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 2.5.8-3.
We recommend that you upgrade your squid package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-688
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

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