CVE-2021-20217
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. An assertion failure triggered by a crafted CGI request may lead to denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1923252Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-16Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1923252Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-16Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a privoxy Version: privoxy 3.0.31
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