GLSA-201312-15 : Tinyproxy: Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 71628

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201312-15 (Tinyproxy: Denial of Service)

A vulnerability has been discovered in the way how Tinyproxy works with headers.
Impact :

A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request with too many headers, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Tinyproxy users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-proxy/tinyproxy-1.8.3-r3'

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 71628

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201312-15.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 12/24/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: 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: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:tinyproxy, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/23/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3505

BID: 55099

GLSA: 201312-15

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