Recommended update for squid3

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2016:2692-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4

An update that has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for squid3 provides the following fixes:

  • Fixed a regression when cached external ACLs are used which could lead to crashes, with e.g. these ACL constructs:

    http_access allow something external_acl auth # works http_access allow something auth external_acl # crashes

  • Squid passed some structures to MD5 hashing function as (const char*) byte streams, but padding in these structures could have been uninitialized, which might have lead to instabilities.

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-squid3-12825=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-squid3-12825=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • squid3-3.1.23-8.16.33.2
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • squid3-3.1.23-8.16.33.2

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