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title: "CVE-2012-3505\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-3505

Publication date 9 October 2012

Last updated 4 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Tinyproxy 1.8.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (CPU and memory consumption) via (1) a large number of headers or
(2) a large number of forged headers that trigger hash collisions
predictably. bucket.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| tinyproxy | 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 13.04 raring | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1.8.3-1ubuntu0.1 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3505?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| tinyproxy | * Other:   <https://banu.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=110#c2> * Vendor:   <http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2564> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3505)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3505)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-3505)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3505)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3505>