CVE-2005-4085

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 65.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in BlueCoat (a) WinProxy before 6.1a and (b) the web console access functionality in ProxyAV before 2.4.2.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Host: header.

Affected products

Bluecoat Proxyav: all versions
Bluecoat Webproxy: 4.0-r1a, 4.0-r1b, 4.0-r1c, 4.0-r1e, 4.0-r1f, 4.0-r1h (+13)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/18288
http://secunia.com/advisories/18909
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015441
http://www.bluecoat.com/support/knowledge/advisory_host_header_stack_overflow.html
http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=364
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16147
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0065
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0622
http://secunia.com/advisories/18288
http://secunia.com/advisories/18909
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015441
http://www.bluecoat.com/support/knowledge/advisory_host_header_stack_overflow.html

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