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libproxy: code execution

Package(s):libproxy CVE #(s):CVE-2012-4504 CVE-2012-4505
Created:October 22, 2012 Updated:March 11, 2013
Description: From the Ubuntu advisory:

Tomas Mraz discovered that libproxy incorrectly handled certain PAC files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libproxy to crash, or to possibly execute arbitrary code.

Alerts:
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2012:1375-1 2012-10-22
Mageia MGASA-2012-0309 2012-10-29
Debian DSA-2571-1 2012-11-04
Ubuntu USN-1629-1 2012-11-12
Red Hat RHSA-2012:1461-01 2012-11-14
CentOS CESA-2012:1461 2012-11-15
Oracle ELSA-2012-1461 2012-11-14
Scientific Linux SL-libp-20121115 2012-11-15
Mandriva MDVSA-2012:172 2012-11-19
Fedora FEDORA-2012-17574 2012-11-19
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