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RHEL 6 : libproxy (RHSA-2012:1461)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 62922

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for libproxy.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2012:1461 advisory.

 - libproxy: PAC handling insufficient content length check leading to buffer overflow (CVE-2012-4505)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL libproxy package based on the guidance in RHSA-2012:1461.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?32cbf00b

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1461

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=864612

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 62922

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-1461.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/15/2012

Updated: 4/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-4505

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libproxy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libproxy-bin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libproxy-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libproxy-gnome, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libproxy-kde, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libproxy-mozjs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libproxy-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libproxy-webkit, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/11/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4505

BID: 55910

RHSA: 2012:1461