CVE-2012-4505
libproxy - buffer overflow
EPSS 3.2%
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.
How to fix CVE-2012-4505
To remediate CVE-2012-4505, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/libproxy—upgrade to 0.3.1-5.1 or later
- Debian/libproxy—upgrade to 0.3.1-2+squeeze1 or later
Is CVE-2012-4505 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 0.3.1-5.1
- from 0, < 0.3.1-2+squeeze1