SB2014102803 - Code Injection in libproxy
Published: October 28, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014102803
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5580)
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.