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CVE-2012-3505

Tinyproxy 1.8.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory...

5.0 MediumFix available

Tinyproxy 1.8.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via (1) a large number of headers or (2) a large number of forged headers that trigger hash collisions predictably. bucket.

Exploit likelihood

7.35%Up 5.2 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

Tinyproxy 1.8.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via (1) a large number of headers or (2) a large number of forged headers that trigger hash collisions predictably. bucket.

Record
CVE-2012-3505
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-310
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Tinyproxy 1.8.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via (1) a large number of headers or (2) a large number of forged headers that trigger hash collisions predictably. bucket.

Record
CVE-2012-3505
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-3460 No score

Tinyproxy 1.8.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via (1) a large number of headers or (2) a large number of forged headers that trigger hash collisions predictably. bucket.

Record
EUVD-2012-3460
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h6wx-vrmp-rrjr No score

Tinyproxy 1.8.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory...

Tinyproxy 1.8.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via (1) a large number of headers or (2) a large number of forged headers that trigger hash collisions predictably. bucket.

Record
GHSA-h6wx-vrmp-rrjr
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

Tinyproxy 1.8.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via (1) a large number of headers or (2) a large number of forged headers that trigger hash collisions predictably. bucket.

Record
CVE-2012-3505
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2012-3505 No score

Tinyproxy 1.8.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via (1) a large number of headers or (2) a large number of forged headers that trigger hash collisions predictably. bucket.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3505
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:0119-1 No score

Security update for tinyproxy

This update for tinyproxy fixes the following issues:

  • Update to release 1.11.2

    • Fix potential use-after-free in header handling [CVE-2023-49606, boo#1223746]
    • Prevent junk from showing up in error page in invalid requests [CVE-2022-40468, CVE-2023-40533, boo#1223743]
  • Move tinyproxy program to /usr/bin.

  • Update to release 1.11.1

    • New fnmatch based filtertype
  • Update to release 1.11

    • Support for multiple bind directives.
  • update to 1.10.0:

    • Configuration file has moved from /etc/tinyproxy.conf to /etc/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.conf.
    • Add support for basic HTTP authentication
    • Add socks upstream support
    • Log to stdout if no logfile is specified
    • Activate reverse proxy by default
    • Support bind with transparent mode
    • Allow multiple listen statements in the configuration
    • Fix CVE-2017-11747: Create PID file before dropping privileges.
    • Fix CVE-2012-3505: algorithmic complexity DoS in hashmap
    • Bugfixes
    • BB#110: fix algorithmic complexity DoS in hashmap
    • BB#106: fix CONNECT requests with IPv6 literal addresses as host
    • BB#116: fix invalid free for GET requests to ipv6 literal address
    • BB#115: Drop supplementary groups
    • BB#109: Fix crash (infinite loop) when writing to log file fails
    • BB#74: Create log and pid files after we drop privs
    • BB#83: Use output of id instead of $USER
Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:0119-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10460-1 No score

tinyproxy-1.8.4-1.8 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the tinyproxy-1.8.4-1.8 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10460-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2012-3505 No score

Tinyproxy 1.8.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via (1) a large number of headers or (2) a large number of forged headers that trigger hash collisions predictably. bucket.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2012-3505
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
tinyproxy
Debian:12
before 1.8.3-3
1.8.3-3
tinyproxy
Debian:13
before 1.8.3-3
1.8.3-3
tinyproxy
Debian:14
before 1.8.3-3
1.8.3-3
tinyproxy
Debian:6.0
before 1.8.2-1squeeze3, plus listed versions
1.8.2-11.8.2-1squeeze11.8.2-1squeeze2
1.8.2-1squeeze3
tinyproxy
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP5
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1.11.2-bp155.3.3.1
1.11.2-bp155.3.3.1
tinyproxy
openSUSE:Leap 15.5
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1.11.2-bp155.3.3.1
1.11.2-bp155.3.3.1
tinyproxy
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
before 1.8.4-1.8
1.8.4-1.8

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
affected
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2012-3505 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Banu Tinyproxy, published October 9, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 7.35%, the 94th percentile. Fixed in tinyproxy 1.8.3-3.

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