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ELSA-2012-1461 Moderate: Oracle Linux libproxy security update

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ELSA-2012-1461 Moderate: Oracle Linux libproxy security update

Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

11/11/2012

Created

07/25/2018

Added

11/21/2012

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)

oracle-linux-upgrade-libproxy
oracle-linux-upgrade-libproxy-bin
oracle-linux-upgrade-libproxy-devel
oracle-linux-upgrade-libproxy-gnome
oracle-linux-upgrade-libproxy-kde
oracle-linux-upgrade-libproxy-mozjs
oracle-linux-upgrade-libproxy-python
oracle-linux-upgrade-libproxy-webkit

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2012-4505
55910
CVE - 2012-4505
DSA-2571
RHSA-2012:1461
http://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2012-November/003137.html

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