Debian DSA-2564-1 : tinyproxy - denial of service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 62666

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

gpernot discovered that Tinyproxy, a HTTP proxy, is vulnerable to a denial of service by remote attackers by sending crafted request headers.

Solution

Upgrade the tinyproxy packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.8.2-1squeeze3.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 62666

File Name: debian_DSA-2564.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/24/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tinyproxy

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/23/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3505

BID: 55099

DSA: 2564

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