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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202305-27

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                                       https://security.gentoo.org/  

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Severity: Low
Title: Tinyproxy: Memory Disclosure
Date: May 21, 2023
Bugs: #871924
ID: 202305-27

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Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in Tinyproxy which could be used to
achieve memory disclosure.

Background

Tinyproxy is a light-weight HTTP/HTTPS proxy daemon for POSIX operating
systems.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected

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net-proxy/tinyproxy < 1.8.3-r3 >= 1.8.3-r3

Description

Tinyproxy’s request processing does not sufficiently null-initialize
variables used in error pages.

Impact

Contents of the Tinyproxy server’s memory could be disclosed via
generated error pages.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Tinyproxy users should upgrade to the latest version:

emerge --sync

emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose “>=net-proxy/tinyproxy-1.11.1_p20220908”

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2022-40468
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40468

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-27

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

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