Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in squidGuard:
Buffer overflow in sgLog.c in squidGuard 1.3 and 1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang or loss of blocking functionality) via a long URL with many / (slash) characters, related to emergency mode. (CVE-2009-3700).
Multiple buffer overflows in squidGuard 1.4 allow remote attackers to bypass intended URL blocking via a long URL, related to (1) the relationship between a certain buffer size in squidGuard and a certain buffer size in Squid and (2) a redirect URL that contains information about the originally requested URL (CVE-2009-3826).
squidGuard was upgraded to 1.2.1 for MNF2/CS3/CS4 with additional upstream security and bug fixes patches applied.
This update fixes these vulnerabilities.
Update:
Packages for 2008.0 are provided for Corporate Desktop 2008.0 customers.
Affected
squidGuard on Mandriva Linux 2008.0,
Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-3700, CVE-2009-3826 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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