CVE-2021-20216
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-03-25 18:57
Modified
2024-08-03 17:30
Severity ?
Summary
A flaw was found in Privoxy in versions before 3.0.31. A memory leak that occurs when decompression fails unexpectedly may lead to a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1923256Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-16Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/31/2Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.privoxy.org/3.0.31/user-manual/whatsnew.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1923256Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-16Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/31/2Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.privoxy.org/3.0.31/user-manual/whatsnew.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a privoxy Version: privoxy 3.0.31
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