Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting libproxy package, versions <0.3.1-4


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.13% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-LIBPROXY-277832
  • published27 Oct 2014
  • disclosed27 Oct 2014

Introduced: 27 Oct 2014

CVE-2012-5580  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable libproxy to version 0.3.1-4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libproxy package and not the libproxy package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

Format string vulnerability in the print_proxies function in bin/proxy.c in libproxy 0.3.1 might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a proxy name, as demonstrated using the http_proxy environment variable or a PAC file.

CVSS Base Scores

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