Security Information / 2012 / Security Information -- DSA-2564-1 tinyproxy

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:

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.