CVE-2012-3505
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.
Exploit likelihood
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 Medium
AV: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:
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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]
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Move tinyproxy program to /usr/bin.
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Update to release 1.11.1
- New fnmatch based filtertype
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Update to release 1.11
- Support for multiple bind directives.
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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
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
tinyproxyDebian:12 |
before 1.8.3-3 | 1.8.3-3 |
tinyproxyDebian:13 |
before 1.8.3-3 | 1.8.3-3 |
tinyproxyDebian:14 |
before 1.8.3-3 | 1.8.3-3 |
tinyproxyDebian:6.0 |
before 1.8.2-1squeeze3, plus listed versions 1.8.2-11.8.2-1squeeze11.8.2-1squeeze2 |
1.8.2-1squeeze3 |
tinyproxySUSE: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 |
tinyproxyopenSUSE:Leap 15.5 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs |
before 1.11.2-bp155.3.3.1 | 1.11.2-bp155.3.3.1 |
tinyproxyopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 1.8.4-1.8 | 1.8.4-1.8 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| affected | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE 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.
References
banu.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=110
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/17/3
securitytracker.com/id?1027412
bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tinyproxy/+bug/1036985
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/18/1
secunia.com/advisories/51074
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debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2564
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=685281
secunia.com/advisories/50278
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3505
github.com/advisories/GHSA-h6wx-vrmp-rrjr
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3505
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3505
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3505
lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/OM62U7F2OTTTTR4PTM6RV3UAOCUHRC75
bugzilla.suse.com/1200028
bugzilla.suse.com/1203553
bugzilla.suse.com/1223743
bugzilla.suse.com/1223746
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3505
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11747
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-40468
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-40533
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-49606