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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2011-193

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2011-193
Posted Dec 27, 2011
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2011-193 - The idnsGrokReply function in Squid before 3.1.16 does not properly free memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a DNS reply containing a CNAME record that references another CNAME record that contains an empty A record. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

tags | advisory, remote, denial of service
systems | linux, mandriva
advisories | CVE-2011-4096
SHA-256 | 7cc994dd5dc1c1d61d6b7854d62ddbed4330325a505629aa1262a3dfcded25f0

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2011-193

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2011:193
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : squid
Date : December 27, 2011
Affected: 2011.
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Problem Description:

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in squid:

The idnsGrokReply function in Squid before 3.1.16 does not properly
free memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (daemon abort) via a DNS reply containing a CNAME record
that references another CNAME record that contains an empty A record
(CVE-2011-4096).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4096
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Updated Packages:

Mandriva Linux 2011:
dfcc60c460150bb3f359a63b646d45b6 2011/i586/squid-3.1.15-1.1-mdv2011.0.i586.rpm
1798068f0a75cdf99df2b543f5721614 2011/i586/squid-cachemgr-3.1.15-1.1-mdv2011.0.i586.rpm
e19115ab1d4be2ef9ecd877c1ce511e4 2011/SRPMS/squid-3.1.15-1.1.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2011/X86_64:
8c3ef93cace353be3e4075d6b7b92f6f 2011/x86_64/squid-3.1.15-1.1-mdv2011.0.x86_64.rpm
842a3385d660fc85bfba1ef6236df5f3 2011/x86_64/squid-cachemgr-3.1.15-1.1-mdv2011.0.x86_64.rpm
e19115ab1d4be2ef9ecd877c1ce511e4 2011/SRPMS/squid-3.1.15-1.1.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
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<security*mandriva.com>
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