CVE-2012-5580

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CVE-2012-5580

Summary:

Details: Format string vulnerability in the print_proxies function in bin/proxy.c in libproxy 0.3.1 might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a proxy name, as demonstrated using the http_proxy environment variable or a PAC file.

References: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=791086, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883100, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56712, https://code.google.com/p/libproxy/source/detail?r=475, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80340