tinyproxy HTTP Proxy Memory Corruption Vulnerability

BID:4731

Info

tinyproxy HTTP Proxy Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 4731
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 13 2002 12:00AM
Updated: May 13 2002 12:00AM
Credit: First announced in the tinyproxy changelog.
Vulnerable: tinyproxy tinyproxy 1.4.3
+ Debian Linux 3.0
tinyproxy tinyproxy 1.3.3
tinyproxy tinyproxy 1.3.2
Not Vulnerable: tinyproxy tinyproxy 1.5 .0

Discussion

tinyproxy HTTP Proxy Memory Corruption Vulnerability

tinyproxy HTTP Proxy is a small HTTP proxy.

A vulnerability has been reported in the handling of some invalid proxy requests by tinyproxy. Under some circumstances, an invalid request may result in a allocated memory being freed twice. Execution of arbitrary code may be possible.

Exploit / POC

tinyproxy HTTP Proxy Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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Solution / Fix

tinyproxy HTTP Proxy Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Solution:
An updated version is available:


tinyproxy tinyproxy 1.3.2

tinyproxy tinyproxy 1.3.3

tinyproxy tinyproxy 1.4.3

References

tinyproxy HTTP Proxy Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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