Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-901-1

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It was discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain auth headers. A remote attacker could exploit this with a specially-crafted auth header and cause Squid to go into an infinite loop, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.10, 9.04 and 9.10. (CVE-2009-2855) It was discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain DNS packets. A remote attacker could exploit this with a specially-crafted DNS packet and cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2010-0308)

squid vulnerabilities on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS , Ubuntu 8.04 LTS , Ubuntu 8.10 , Ubuntu 9.04 , Ubuntu 9.10