DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5580

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5580
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5580.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5580
Upstream
Published
2014-10-27T22:55:09.907Z
Modified
2025-11-19T02:04:37.832195Z
Summary
[none]
Details

Format string vulnerability in the printproxies function in bin/proxy.c in libproxy 0.3.1 might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a proxy name, as demonstrated using the httpproxy environment variable or a PAC file.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libproxy

Package

Name
libproxy
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libproxy?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.3.1-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5580.json"

Debian:12 / libproxy

Package

Name
libproxy
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libproxy?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.3.1-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5580.json"

Debian:13 / libproxy

Package

Name
libproxy
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libproxy?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.3.1-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5580.json"

Debian:14 / libproxy

Package

Name
libproxy
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libproxy?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.3.1-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5580.json"