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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-84-1 February 21, 2005 squid vulnerabilities CAN-2005-0194, CAN-2005-0446 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) The following packages are affected: squid The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 2.5.5-6ubuntu0.5. In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: When parsing the configuration file, squid interpreted empty Access Control Lists (ACLs) without defined authentication schemes in a non-obvious way. This could allow remote attackers to bypass intended ACLs. (CAN-2005-0194) A remote Denial of Service vulnerability was discovered in the domain name resolution code. A faulty or malicious DNS server could stop the Squid server immediately by sending a malformed IP address. (CAN-2005-0446)