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CVE-2012-5580
Published: Oct 27, 2014
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Format string vulnerability in the print_proxies function in bin/proxy.c in libproxy 0.3.1 might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a proxy name, as demonstrated using the http_proxy environment variable or a PAC file.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
56712
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https://code.google.com/p/libproxy/source/detail?r=475
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libproxy-printproxies-format-string(80340)
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883100
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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=791086
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