CVE-2005-1857 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2005-09-02

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.6% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:simpleproxy:simpleproxy:2.2b:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:simpleproxy:simpleproxy:3.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:simpleproxy:simpleproxy:3.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:simpleproxy:simpleproxy:3.2:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-1859	Format string vulnerability in simpleproxy before 3.4 allows remote malicious HTTP proxies to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a reply.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01552.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/16567/
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=604&release_id=351847
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-786
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/139421
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14666
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22016

History

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Subscriptions

Simpleproxy Simpleproxy

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published: 2005-09-02T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:06:57.497Z

Reserved: 2005-06-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-1857

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-09-02T22:03:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-1857

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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