[ GLSA 201312-15 ] Tinyproxy: Denial of Service

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: Tinyproxy: Denial of Service (GLSA 201312-15)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: December 23, 2013
Bug(s): #432046
ID: 201312-15

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been found in Tinyproxy, allows remote
attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.


Background

Tinyproxy is a light-weight HTTP/HTTPS proxy daemon for POSIX operating
systems.


Affected Packages

Package: net-proxy/tinyproxy
Vulnerable: < 1.8.3-r3
Unaffected: >= 1.8.3-r3
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description

A vulnerability has been discovered in the way how Tinyproxy works with
headers.


Impact

A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request with too many
headers, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.


Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Tinyproxy users should upgrade to the latest version: