1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-7140-1

USN-7140-1: Tinyproxy vulnerability

Publication date

9 December 2024

Overview

tinyproxy could be made to expose sensitive information.

Releases

Packages

  • tinyproxy - Lightweight, non-caching, optionally anonymizing HTTP proxy

Details

It was discovered that Tinyproxy did not properly manage memory under
certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak
left-over heap data if custom error page templates containing special
non-standard variables are used.

It was discovered that Tinyproxy did not properly manage memory under
certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak
left-over heap data if custom error page templates containing special
non-standard variables are used.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
22.04 jammy tinyproxy –  1.11.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
tinyproxy-bin –  1.11.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
20.04 focal tinyproxy –  1.10.0-4ubuntu0.1
tinyproxy-bin –  1.10.0-4ubuntu0.1
18.04 bionic tinyproxy –  1.8.4-5ubuntu0.1~esm2  
tinyproxy-bin –  1.8.4-5ubuntu0.1~esm2  
16.04 xenial tinyproxy –  1.8.3-3ubuntu16.04.1~esm2  

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