Fedora: 7892-2 High: GStreamer Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

ubuntu

January 4, 2021

libproxy could be made to crash or execute arbitrary code if it received a specially crafted file.

Summary

libproxy could be made to crash or execute arbitrary code if it received a specially

crafted file.

Software Description:

- libproxy: automatic proxy configuration management library

Details:

Li Fei discovered that libproxy incorrectly handled certain PAC files.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary

code.

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate code execution ubuntu crash libproxy

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 20.10:
  libproxy1v5                     0.4.15-13ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  libproxy1v5                     0.4.15-10ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libproxy1v5                     0.4.15-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libproxy1v5                     0.4.11-5ubuntu1.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.