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Debian LTS: Security Advisory for libproxy (DLA-2372-1)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

3 years ago

Modified

Modified

3 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the 'libproxy' package(s) announced via the DLA-2372-1 advisory.

Insight

Insight

It was discovered that there was a denial of service attack in libproxy, a library to make applications HTTP proxy aware. A remote server could cause an infinite stack recursion.

Affected Software

Affected Software

'libproxy' package(s) on Debian Linux.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

For Debian 9 'Stretch', this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.14-2+deb9u1. We recommend that you upgrade your libproxy packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)