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Debian 8 Jessie: DLA-2163-1 Moderate: Tinyproxy Security Fix

A minor security issue and a severe packaging bug have been fixed in tinyproxy, a lightweight http proxy daemon. . Package : tinyproxy Version : 1.8.3-3+deb8u1 CVE ID : CVE-2017-11747 Debian Bug : 870307 948283 A minor security issue and a severe packaging bug have been fixed in tinyproxy, a lightweight http proxy daemon. CVE-2017-11747 main.c in Tinyproxy created a /var/run/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.pid file after dropping privileges to a non-root account, which might have allowed local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this non-root account for tinyproxy.pid modification before a root script executed a "kill `cat /run/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.pid`" command. OTHER Furthermore, a severe flaw had been discovered by Tim Duesterhus in Debian's init script for tinyproxy. With the tiny.conf configuration file having the PidFile option removed, the next run of logrotate (if installed) would have changed the owner of the system's base directory ("/") to tinyproxy:tinyproxy. For Debian 8 "Jessie", this problem has been fixed in version 1.8.3-3+deb8u1. These fixes were prepared by Mike Gabriel. We recommend that you upgrade your tinyproxy packages. Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS Best, Utkarsh . Enhance your tinyproxy installation to resolve a significant security vulnerability alongside a critical bug in Debian LTS. Get crucial updates today!. tinyproxy Security Update, Debian LTS, HTTP Proxy Daemon, Packaging Bug, Minor Security Fix. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Mar 31, 2020 Debian LTS