Yellow Dog Linux Security Announcement
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Package:	squid	
Issue Date: 	December 08, 2001
Priority:	medium	
Advisory ID: 	YDU-20011208-7


1. 	Topic:

	New squid packages are available that fix a potential DoS in Squid's FTP
	handling code. It is recommened that squid users update to the fixed
	packages.

2. 	Problem:

	Certain FTP requests could cause the Squid daemon to abort, making it
	unavailable for a period of seconds. If enough of these requests are sent
	in a short period of time, the Squid daemon will not be restarted.

3. 	Solution:

   	a) Updating via yup...
   	We suggest that you use the Yellow Dog Update Program (yup)
   	to keep your system up-to-date. The following command(s) will
   	automatically retrieve and install the fixed version of
   	this update onto your system:

   		yup update squid

   	b) Updating manually...
   	The update can also be retrieved manually from our ftp site
   	below along with the rpm command that should be used to install
   	the update.  (Please use a mirror site)

   		ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/updates/yellowdog-2.1/ppc/
                rpm -Fvh squid-2.4.STABLE1-6.ppc.rpm


4. Verification

MD5 checksum			  Package
--------------------------------  ----------------------------
528adbf8668c1fea038fdad5f6f66be7  RPMS/squid-2.4.STABLE1-6.ppc.rpm
a3e725354209181bd9dca49b27adf3ed  SRPMS/squid-2.4.STABLE1-6.src.rpm

If you wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with,
examine the md5sum with the following command: rpm --checksig --nogpg filename


5. Misc.

Terra Soft has setup a moderated mailing list where these security, bugfix, and package
enhancement announcements will be posted. See http://lists.yellowdoglinux.com/ for more
information.

For information regarding the usage of yup, the Yellow Dog Update Program, see 
http://http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/ydl_general/yup.shtml