CVE-2012-4505

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-4505
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-11-11 13:00:49 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionHeap-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libproxy Project Libproxy 0.2.3 All All All
Application Libproxy Project Libproxy 0.3.0 All All All
Application Libproxy Project Libproxy 0.3.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: libproxy PAC downloading buffer overflows af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2571-1 libproxy af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
libproxy CVE-2012-4505 Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Security Advisory SA51048 - SUSE update for libproxy - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA51308 - Red Hat update for libproxy - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
864612 – (CVE-2012-4505) CVE-2012-4505 libproxy: PAC handling insufficient content length check leading to buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Google Groups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 groups.google.com
USN-1629-1: libproxy vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
openSUSE-SU-2012:1375-1: moderate: update for libproxy, libproxy-plugins af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Security Advisory SA51180 - Debian update for libproxy - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: libproxy PAC downloading buffer overflows af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
oss-security - libproxy PAC downloading buffer overflows af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Google Groups MITRE groups.google.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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