CVE-2012-5580

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 None

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2012-5580

Assigner
secalert@redhat.com

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2014-10-27T22:55:09

Last Modified Date
2017-08-29T01:32:42

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-94	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/94.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:libproxy_project:libproxy:0.3.1:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
7.5

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
6.4

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=791086	Exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883100	Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56712
https://code.google.com/p/libproxy/source/detail?r=475
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80340

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5580
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5580

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 08:47:52				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 02:05:03	2014-10-27T22:55Z	2014-10-27T22:55:09	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 02:05:03		2017-08-29T01:32:42	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 02:05:03		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated