Arch Linux alert ASA-202012-10 (libproxy)

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Remi Gacogne <rgacogne@archlinux.org>
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arch-security@archlinux.org
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[ASA-202012-10] libproxy: denial of service
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Wed, 09 Dec 2020 20:01:08 +0100
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Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202012-10
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Severity: Low
Date    : 2020-12-05
CVE-ID  : CVE-2020-25219
Package : libproxy
Type    : denial of service
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1226

Summary
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The package libproxy before version 0.4.16-1 is vulnerable to denial of
service.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 0.4.16-1.

# pacman -Syu "libproxy>=0.4.16-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 0.4.16.

Workaround
==========

None.

Description
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url::recvline in url.cpp in libproxy 0.4.x through 0.4.15 allows a
remote HTTP PAC server to trigger uncontrolled recursion via a response
composed of an infinite stream that lacks a newline character. This
leads to stack exhaustion.

Impact
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A remote HTTP PAC server might be able to crash an application via a
crafted response.

References
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https://github.com/libproxy/libproxy/issues/134
https://github.com/libproxy/libproxy/pull/136
https://github.com/libproxy/libproxy/commit/a83dae404feac...
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-25219