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.
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2011:193
https://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:
https://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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