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Ubuntu 7140-1: Tinyproxy Security Advisory Updates

Calendar Dec 09, 2024 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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tinyproxy could be made to expose sensitive information. 
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7140-1
December 09, 2024

tinyproxy vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

tinyproxy could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description:
- tinyproxy: Lightweight, non-caching, optionally anonymizing HTTP proxy

Details:

It was discovered that Tinyproxy did not properly manage memory under
certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak
left-over heap data if custom error page templates containing special
non-standard variables are used.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   tinyproxy                       1.11.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   tinyproxy-bin                   1.11.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   tinyproxy                       1.10.0-4ubuntu0.1
   tinyproxy-bin                   1.10.0-4ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
   tinyproxy                       1.8.4-5ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   tinyproxy-bin                   1.8.4-5ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
   tinyproxy                       1.8.3-3ubuntu16.04.1~esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References:
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7140-1
   CVE-2022-40468

Package Information:
  

Ubuntu 7140-1: Tinyproxy Security Advisory Updates

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Calendar Grey December 9, 2024
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Tinyproxy security notice for Ubuntu releases addresses the potential exposure of sensitive data due to memory management issues.
tinyproxy could be made to expose sensitive information.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary: tinyproxy could be made to expose sensitive information. Software Description: - tinyproxy: Lightweight, non-caching, optionally anonymizing HTTP proxy Details: It was discovered that Tinyproxy did not properly manage memory under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak left-over heap data if custom error page templates containing special non-standard variables are used.

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS   tinyproxy                       1.11.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro   tinyproxy-bin                   1.11.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 20.04 LTS   tinyproxy                       1.10.0-4ubuntu0.1   tinyproxy-bin                   1.10.0-4ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS   tinyproxy                       1.8.4-5ubuntu0.1~esm2                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro   tinyproxy-bin                   1.8.4-5ubuntu0.1~esm2                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS   tinyproxy                       1.8.3-3ubuntu16.04.1~esm2                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7140-1

  CVE-2022-40468

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