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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.831751
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandriva Update for libproxy MDVSA-2012:172 (libproxy)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'libproxy'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'libproxy'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in libproxy:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the url::get_pac function in url.cpp
in libproxy 0.4.x before 0.4.9 allows remote servers to have an
unspecified impact via a large proxy.pac file (CVE-2012-4504).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Affected Software/OS:
libproxy on Mandriva Linux 2011.0

Solution:
Please Install the Updated Packages.

CVSS Score:
10.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-4504
BugTraq ID: 55909
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55909
http://code.google.com/p/libproxy/source/detail?r=853
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/12/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/12/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/16/3
http://secunia.com/advisories/51048
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2012:1375 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00065.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1629-1
XForce ISS Database: libproxy-urlgetpac-bo(79249)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79249
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG

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