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CVE-2012-4505 Details

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the px_pac_reload function in lib/pac.c in libproxy 0.2.x and 0.3.x allows remote servers to have an unspecified impact via a crafted Content-Length size in an HTTP response header for a proxy.pac file request, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4504.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00065.html	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1461.html	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=864612	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/51048	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51180	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51308	CVE
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#%21topic/libproxy/VxZ8No7mT0E	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2571	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/12/1	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/12/5	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/16/3	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55910	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1629-1	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00065.html	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1461.html	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=864612	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/51048	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51180	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51308	[email protected]
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#%21topic/libproxy/VxZ8No7mT0E	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2571	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/12/1	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/12/5	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/16/3	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55910	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1629-1	[email protected]

see all 26 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
libproxy project libproxy	0.2.3 0.3.0 0.3.1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:libproxy_project:libproxy:0.2.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libproxy_project:libproxy:0.3.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libproxy_project:libproxy:0.3.1:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 13, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 12, 2012	Initial Analysis	[email protected]