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CVE-2012-4504

Published: 12 October 2012

Stack-based buffer overflow in the url::get_pac function in url.cpp in libproxy 0.4.x before 0.4.9 allows remote servers to have an unspecified impact via a large proxy.pac file.

Notes

AuthorNote
jdstrand
only 0.4 affected

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
libproxy
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Does not exist

lucid Not vulnerable

natty Not vulnerable

oneiric Not vulnerable
(0.3.1-2ubuntu6)
precise
Released (0.4.7-0ubuntu4.1)
quantal
Released (0.4.7-0ubuntu6)
upstream
Released (0.4.9)
Patches:
other: http://code.google.com/p/libproxy/source/detail?r=853
This vulnerability is mitigated in part by the use of gcc's stack protector in Ubuntu.