VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2005-1857
Format string vulnerability in simpleproxy before 3.4 allows remote malicious HTTP proxies to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a reply.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 4.32%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.32%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Format string vulnerability in simpleproxy before 3.4 allows remote malicious HTTP proxies to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a reply.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.32% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- simpleproxy/simpleproxy
- Source
- security@debian.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16567/Vendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=604&release_id=351847Patch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-786Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/139421US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14666Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22016
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16567/Vendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=604&release_id=351847Patch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-786Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/139421US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14666Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22016
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.