- Issued:
- 2004-08-18
- Updated:
- 2004-08-18
RHBA-2004:281 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
Updated squid package
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
An updated squid package that fixes numerous bugs is now available.
Description
Squid is a high-performance proxy caching server for Web clients,
supporting FTP, gopher, and HTTP data objects. Unlike traditional caching
software, Squid handles all requests in a single, non-blocking, I/O-driven
process. Squid keeps meta data and especially hot objects cached in RAM,
caches DNS lookups, supports non-blocking DNS lookups, and implements
negative caching of failed requests.
Squid consists of a main server program (squid), a Domain Name System
lookup program (dnsserver), a program for retrieving FTP data (ftpget), and
some management and client tools.
This updated package includes squid-2.4.STABLE7 with all upstream patches
applied.
The upstream issues fixed are listed at:
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.4/bugs/
In addition, the updated package offers the ability to configure the number
of retries when forwarding, rather than a fixed hardwired amount of 10.
All users of squid should upgrade to this updated package, which
resolve these issues.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:
rpm -Fvh [filenames]
where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are
not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you
can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the
desired RPMs.
Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:
up2date
This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.
If up2date fails to connect to Red Hat Network due to SSL
Certificate Errors, you need to install a version of the
up2date client with an updated certificate. The latest version of
up2date is available from the Red Hat FTP site and may also be
downloaded directly from the RHN website:
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 2 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 2 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2 ia64
Fixes
(none)CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.