Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting libproxy package, versions <0.3.1-4


low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.89% (83rd percentile)
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NVD
7.3 high
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Red Hat
4 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-LIBPROXY-277831
  • published 27 Oct 2014
  • disclosed 27 Oct 2014

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 libproxy to version 0.3.1-4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libproxy package and not the libproxy package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Format string vulnerability in the print_proxies function in bin/proxy.c in libproxy 0.3.1 might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a proxy name, as demonstrated using the http_proxy environment variable or a PAC file.