CVE-2012-4504

Summary

CVECVE-2012-4504
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-11-11 13:00:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:11:00 UTC
DescriptionStack-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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libproxy Project Libproxy 0.4.0 All All All
Application Libproxy Project Libproxy 0.4.1 All All All
Application Libproxy Project Libproxy 0.4.2 All All All
Application Libproxy Project Libproxy 0.4.3 All All All
Application Libproxy Project Libproxy 0.4.5 All All All
Application Libproxy Project Libproxy 0.4.6 All All All
Application Libproxy Project Libproxy 0.4.7 All All All
Application Libproxy Project Libproxy 0.4.8 All All All
Application Libproxy Project Libproxy 0.4.0 All All All
Application Libproxy Project Libproxy 0.4.1 All All All
Application Libproxy Project Libproxy 0.4.2 All All All
Application Libproxy Project Libproxy 0.4.3 All All All
Application Libproxy Project Libproxy 0.4.5 All All All
Application Libproxy Project Libproxy 0.4.6 All All All
Application Libproxy Project Libproxy 0.4.7 All All All
Application Libproxy Project Libproxy 0.4.8 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Bug 864417 – CVE-2012-4504 libproxy: long proxy.pac file handling buffer overflow CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
USN-1629-1: libproxy vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Security Advisory SA51048 - SUSE update for libproxy - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: libproxy PAC downloading buffer overflows MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: libproxy PAC downloading buffer overflows MLIST www.openwall.com
Google Groups groups.google.com
openSUSE-SU-2012:1375-1: moderate: update for libproxy, libproxy-plugins SUSE lists.opensuse.org
oss-security - libproxy PAC downloading buffer overflows MLIST www.openwall.com
Google Groups CONFIRM groups.google.com
r853 - libproxy - A library handling all the details of proxy configuration - Google Project Hosting MISC code.google.com Patch
libproxy CVE-2012-4504 Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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