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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-26154: Classic Buffer Overflow

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-26154: Classic Buffer Overflow

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/29/2020
Created
10/22/2020
Added
10/22/2020
Modified
10/02/2024

Description

url.cpp in libproxy through 0.4.15 is prone to a buffer overflow when PAC is enabled, as demonstrated by a large PAC file that is delivered without a Content-length header.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-libproxy

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