Debian Security Advisory
DSA-2564-1 tinyproxy -- denial of service
- Date Reported:
- 23 Oct 2012
- Affected Packages:
- tinyproxy
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 685281.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2012-3505. - More information:
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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.
We recommend that you upgrade your tinyproxy packages.