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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2564-1 (tinyproxy)
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:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
11 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to tinyproxy announced via advisory DSA 2564-1.
Insight
Insight
gpernot discovered that Tinyproxy, a HTTP proxy, is vulnerable to a denial of service by remote attackers by sending crafted request headers. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.8.2-1squeeze3. For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.8.3-3. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.8.3-3.
Solution
Solution
We recommend that you upgrade your tinyproxy packages.