Ubuntu 7140-1: Tinyproxy Security Advisory Updates
ubuntu
December 9, 2024
tinyproxy could be made to expose sensitive information.
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.
Topics Covered
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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