usn-7140-2
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2025-01-06 08:56
Modified
2026-04-27 14:11
Summary
tinyproxy vulnerability
Details

USN-7140-1 fixed CVE-2022-40468 in tinyproxy. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

Original advisory 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.

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  "affected": [
    {
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          "cves": [
            {
              "id": "CVE-2022-40468",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
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                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS"
        }
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "tinyproxy",
            "binary_version": "1.8.3-3ubuntu14.04.1~esm2"
          }
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      },
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            },
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
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        "1.8.3-3ubuntu1",
        "1.8.3-3ubuntu14.04.1~esm1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "USN-7140-1 fixed CVE-2022-40468 in tinyproxy. This update provides the\ncorresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n It was discovered that Tinyproxy did not properly manage memory under\n certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak\n left-over heap data if custom error page templates containing special\n non-standard variables are used.\n",
  "id": "USN-7140-2",
  "modified": "2026-04-27T14:11:38Z",
  "published": "2025-01-06T08:56:31Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7140-2"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-40468"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "tinyproxy vulnerability",
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    "UBUNTU-CVE-2022-40468"
  ]
}



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