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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2012-4504: libproxy: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2012-4504: libproxy: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/11/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the url::get_pac function in url.cpp in libproxy 0.4.x before 0.4.9 allows remote servers to have an unspecified impact via a large proxy.pac file.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-libs-libproxy

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