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title: "CVE-2007-6239\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2007-6239

Publication date 4 December 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The "cache update reply processing" functionality in Squid 2.x before
2.6.STABLE17 and Squid 3.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (crash) via unknown vectors related to HTTP headers and an Array
memory leak during requests for cached objects.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| squid | 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 2.6.14-1ubuntu2.1 |
| 7.04 feisty | Fixed 2.6.5-4ubuntu2.1 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 2.6.1-3ubuntu1.5 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 2.5.12-4ubuntu2.3 |
| squid3 | 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 3.0.PRE6-1ubuntu0.1 |
| 7.04 feisty | Fixed 3.0.PRE5-5ubuntu0.1 |
| 6.10 edgy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6239)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6239)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-6239)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-6239)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-565-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-565-1)
+ Squid vulnerability
+ 9 January 2008

### Other references

* <http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2007_2.txt>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6239>