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Severity: Low
Title: Tinyproxy: Memory Disclosure
Date: May 21, 2023
Bugs: #871924
ID: 202305-27

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Synopsis
========

A vulnerability has been discovered in Tinyproxy which could be used to
achieve memory disclosure.

Background
==========

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

Affected packages
=================

Package Vulnerable Unaffected
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net-proxy/tinyproxy < 1.8.3-r3 >= 1.8.3-r3

Description
===========

Tinyproxy's request processing does not sufficiently null-initialize
variables used in error pages.

Impact
======

Contents of the Tinyproxy server's memory could be disclosed via
generated error pages.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All Tinyproxy users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-proxy/tinyproxy-1.11.1_p20220908"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2022-40468
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40468

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-27

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2023 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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