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Cent OS: CVE-2012-4505: CESA-2012:1461 (libproxy)

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Cent OS: CVE-2012-4505: CESA-2012:1461 (libproxy)

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/11/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the px_pac_reload function in lib/pac.c in libproxy 0.2.x and 0.3.x allows remote servers to have an unspecified impact via a crafted Content-Length size in an HTTP response header for a proxy.pac file request, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4504.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-libproxy
  • centos-upgrade-libproxy-bin
  • centos-upgrade-libproxy-devel
  • centos-upgrade-libproxy-gnome
  • centos-upgrade-libproxy-kde
  • centos-upgrade-libproxy-mozjs
  • centos-upgrade-libproxy-python
  • centos-upgrade-libproxy-webkit

References

  • 55910
  • DSA-2571
  • CVE-2012-4505
  • RHSA-2012:1461
  • USN-1629-1

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