RHSA-2011:0545: squid security and bug fix update
Description
Squid is a high-performance proxy caching server for web clients,supporting FTP, Gopher, and HTTP data objects.It was found that string comparison functions in Squid did not properlyhandle the comparisons of NULL and empty strings. A remote, trusted webclient could use this flaw to cause the squid daemon to crash via aspecially-crafted request. (CVE-2010-3072)This update also fixes the following bugs:Users of squid should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves theseissues. After installing this update, the squid service will be restartedautomatically.
Solution(s)
- redhat-upgrade-squid
- redhat-upgrade-squid-debuginfo
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