Ubuntu alert USN-7190-1 (tinyproxy)

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Shishir Subedi <shishir.subedi@canonical.com>
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ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
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[USN-7190-1] Tinyproxy vulnerability
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Wed, 08 Jan 2025 17:08:11 +0545
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7190-1
January 08, 2025

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

- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Tinyproxy could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially
crafted input.

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

Details:

It was discovered that Tinyproxy did not properly manage memory during the
parsing of HTTP connection headers. An attacker could use this issue to
cause a DoS or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   tinyproxy                       1.11.1-3ubuntu0.1
   tinyproxy-bin                   1.11.1-3ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   tinyproxy                       1.11.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   tinyproxy-bin                   1.11.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   tinyproxy                       1.10.0-4ubuntu0.2
   tinyproxy-bin                   1.10.0-4ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
   tinyproxy                       1.8.4-5ubuntu0.1~esm3
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   tinyproxy-bin                   1.8.4-5ubuntu0.1~esm3
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
   tinyproxy                       1.8.3-3ubuntu16.04.1~esm3
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
   tinyproxy                       1.8.3-3ubuntu14.04.1~esm3
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References:
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7190-1
   CVE-2023-49606

Package Information:
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tinyproxy/1.11.1-3ub...
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tinyproxy/1.10.0-4ub...



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