GLSA 202305-27: Tinyproxy: Memory Disclosure

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Severity:	low
Title:	Tinyproxy: Memory Disclosure
Date:	05/21/2023
Bugs:	#871924
ID:	202305-27

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	Architecture(s)
net-proxy/tinyproxy	< 1.11.1_p20220908	>= 1.11.1_p20220908	All supported architectures

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

CVE-2022-40468

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202305-27.xml

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 security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.