SB2014102803 - Code Injection in libproxy

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5580)

CWE-ID: CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CVSSv4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

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.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56712
• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=791086
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883100
• https://code.google.com/p/libproxy/source/detail?r=475
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80340