CVE-2016-6723

CVE-2016-6723 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in Android’s Proxy Auto Config (PAC) handling. A specially crafted PAC file could cause a device to hang or reboot. Affected: Android 4.x before 4.4.4; 5.0.x before 5.0.2; 5.1.x before 5.1.1; 6.x before 2016-11-01; 7.0 before 2016-11-01. Root cau...

Google Android Proxy Auto Config Denial of Service Vulnerability

Android is a Linux-based open source operating system jointly developed by Google and the Open Handheld Alliance OHA, of which Proxy Auto-Config PAC is a Script-like component. A denial of service vulnerability exists in PAC in Android. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to cause a...

Android Proxy Auto Config (PAC) Crash Vulnerability

Android devices can be crashed forcing a halt and then a soft reboot by downloading a large proxy auto config PAC file when adjusting the Android networking settings. This can also be exploited by an MITM attacker that can intercept and replace the PAC file. However, the bug is mitigated by...

Android Proxy Auto Config (PAC) Crash

Original at: https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2016/11/07/crashing-android-devices-with-large-pac-files-cve-2016-6723/ Summary Android devices can be crashed forcing a halt and then a soft reboot by downloading a large proxy auto config PAC file when adjusting the Android networking...

The vulnerability of Google Chrome browser allows a perpetrator to exploit it to access user accounts.

The vulnerability of the net/proxy/proxyservice.cc file for Google Chrome Proxy Auto-Config PAC extensions does not guarantee that the information is limited to a script, host, and port. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to access user accounts by manipulating the server...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Oxide vulnerabilities (USN-3041-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3041-1 advisory. Multiple security issues were discovered in Chromium. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could...

Proxy auto-config (PAC) files have access to full HTTPS URLs

Overview Web proxy auto-config PAC files are passed the full HTTPS URL in GET requests which may expose sensitive data. Description CWE-212: Improper Cross-boundary Removal of Sensitive Data - CVE-2016-5134 Google, CVE-2016-1801 AppleWeb proxy auto-configuration files proxy.pac have access to the...

The vulnerability of the Android operating system, which allows a hacker to gain access to user credentials

The vulnerability in the net/PacProxySelector.java script, related to Proxy Auto-Config PAC extensions on the Android operating system, stems from the lack of checks for restrictions related to URL information, host, and port. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to gain access ...

chromium-browser: url leakage via pac script

net/proxy/proxyservice.cc in the Proxy Auto-Config PAC feature in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82 does not ensure that URL information is restricted to a scheme, host, and port, which allows remote attackers to discover credentials by operating a server with a PAC script, a related issue to...

CVE-2016-5134

net/proxy/proxyservice.cc in the Proxy Auto-Config PAC feature in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82 does not ensure that URL information is restricted to a scheme, host, and port, which allows remote attackers to discover credentials by operating a server with a PAC script, a related issue to...

CVE-2016-5134

net/proxy/proxyservice.cc in the Proxy Auto-Config PAC feature in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82 does not ensure that URL information is restricted to a scheme, host, and port, which allows remote attackers to discover credentials by operating a server with a PAC script, a related issue to...

Design/Logic Flaw

net/proxy/proxyservice.cc in the Proxy Auto-Config PAC feature in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82 does not ensure that URL information is restricted to a scheme, host, and port, which allows remote attackers to discover credentials by operating a server with a PAC script, a related issue to...

CVE-2016-5134

CVE-2016-5134 affects Google Chrome/Chromium PAC handling. The vulnerability lies in net/proxy/proxy_service.cc where PAC URL information is not limited to scheme/host/port, allowing a PAC server to cause disclosure of sensitive credentials via the FindProxyForURL() function. This is classified a...

CVE-2016-5134

net/proxy/proxyservice.cc in the Proxy Auto-Config PAC feature in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82 does not ensure that URL information is restricted to a scheme, host, and port, which allows remote attackers to discover credentials by operating a server with a PAC script, a related issue to...

CVE-2016-3763

net/PacProxySelector.java in the Proxy Auto-Config PAC feature in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-07-01 does not ensure that URL information is restricted to a scheme, host, and port, which allows remote attackers to discover credentials by...

CVE-2016-3763

net/PacProxySelector.java in the Proxy Auto-Config PAC feature in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-07-01 does not ensure that URL information is restricted to a scheme, host, and port, which allows remote attackers to discover credentials by...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3763

net/PacProxySelector.java in the Proxy Auto-Config PAC feature in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-07-01 does not ensure that URL information is restricted to a scheme, host, and port, which allows remote attackers to discover credentials by...

CVE-2016-3763

The CVE-2016-3763 entry concerns Android and its PAC (Proxy Auto-Config) feature. The vulnerable component is net/PacProxySelector.java used by PAC, where URL information is not restricted to scheme/host/port as required. This allows a remote attacker controlling a PAC script server to discover c...

Android Proxy Auto-Config Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Android is a Linux-based open source operating system jointly developed by Google and the Open Handheld Alliance OHA, of which Proxy Auto-Config PAC is a Script-like component. An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Android's PAC component. The vulnerability can be exploited by an...

libproxy: PAC handling insufficient content length check leading to buffer overflow

Heap-based buffer overflow in the pxpacreload function in lib/pac.c in libproxy 0.2.x and 0.3.x allows remote servers to have an unspecified impact via a crafted Content-Length size in an HTTP response header for a proxy.pac file request, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4504...