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BDU:2025-12571 (CVE-2021-44542)

Vulnerability from fstec – Published: 2025-10-08 – Updated: 2025-10-08 – View on bdu.fstec.ru Fixed

Title

Уязвимость прокси-сервера с расширенными функциями фильтрации веб-контента Privoxy, связанная с недостаточной проверкой входных данных, позволяющая нарушителю вызвать отказ в обслуживании

Summary

Уязвимость прокси-сервера с расширенными функциями фильтрации веб-контента Privoxy связана с недостаточной проверкой входных данных в функции send_http_request. Эксплуатация уязвимости может позволить нарушителю, действующему удаленно, вызвать отказ в обслуживании

Severity

7.8 (High) CVSS 2.0


                      
                        AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

7.5 (High) CVSS 3.1


                      
                        CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Class

Code vulnerability

Status

Confirmed by the vendor

Exploitation

Resource manipulation

Incidents

Being clarified

Remediation

Software update

CWE

CWE-20 - Недостаточная проверка вводимых данных

Aliases

CVE-2021-44542

References

5 references

URL
https://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?p=privoxy.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=652b4b7cb0
https://www.privoxy.org/3.0.33/user-manual/whatsnew.html%2C
https://redos.red-soft.ru/support/secure/uyazvimosti/mnozhestvennye-uyazvimosti…
https://www.suse.com/ko-kr/security/cve/CVE-2021-44542.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-44542

Impacted products

6 products from 3 vendors

Vendors

Novell Inc., Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, ООО «Ред Софт»

Products

openSUSE Tumbleweed, OpenSUSE Leap, Debian GNU/Linux, РЕД ОС (запись в едином реестре российских программ №3751), SUSE Package Hub, Privoxy

Versions

- (openSUSE Tumbleweed), 15.2 (OpenSUSE Leap), 15.3 (OpenSUSE Leap), 11 (Debian GNU/Linux), 7.3 (РЕД ОС), 15.4 (OpenSUSE Leap), 15 SP3 (SUSE Package Hub), 15 SP4 (SUSE Package Hub), до 3.0.33 (Privoxy)

Product types

Operating system, Application software, Network device, Network software

Platforms

Novell Inc. openSUSE Tumbleweed -, Novell Inc. OpenSUSE Leap 15.2, Novell Inc. OpenSUSE Leap 15.3, Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux 11, ООО «Ред Софт» РЕД ОС 7.3 (запись в едином реестре российских программ №3751), Novell Inc. OpenSUSE Leap 15.4

Mitigations

Использование рекомендаций: https://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?p=privoxy.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=652b4b7cb0 https://www.privoxy.org/3.0.33/user-manual/whatsnew.html%2C Для РедОС: https://redos.red-soft.ru/support/secure/uyazvimosti/mnozhestvennye-uyazvimosti-privoxy-cve-2021-44543-cve-2021-44540-cve-2021-44541-cve-2021-44542/?sphrase_id=1313533 Для программных продуктов Novell Inc.: https://www.suse.com/ko-kr/security/cve/CVE-2021-44542.html Для Debian GNU/Linux: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-44542

JSON

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  "\u041d\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0438\u0435 \u044d\u043a\u0441\u043f\u043b\u043e\u0439\u0442\u0430": "\u0414\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0443\u0442\u043e\u0447\u043d\u044f\u044e\u0442\u0441\u044f",
  "\u041e\u043f\u0438\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u043e\u0448\u0438\u0431\u043a\u0438 CWE": "\u041d\u0435\u0434\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0442\u043e\u0447\u043d\u0430\u044f \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0440\u043a\u0430 \u0432\u0432\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043c\u044b\u0445 \u0434\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0445 (CWE-20)",
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  "\u0421\u0441\u044b\u043b\u043a\u0438 \u043d\u0430 \u0438\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0447\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0438": "https://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?p=privoxy.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=652b4b7cb0 \nhttps://www.privoxy.org/3.0.33/user-manual/whatsnew.html%2C\nhttps://redos.red-soft.ru/support/secure/uyazvimosti/mnozhestvennye-uyazvimosti-privoxy-cve-2021-44543-cve-2021-44540-cve-2021-44541-cve-2021-44542/?sphrase_id=1313533\nhttps://www.suse.com/ko-kr/security/cve/CVE-2021-44542.html\nhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-44542",
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  "\u0422\u0438\u043f \u041f\u041e": "\u041e\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0430\u0446\u0438\u043e\u043d\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0441\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0435\u043c\u0430, \u041f\u0440\u0438\u043a\u043b\u0430\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u041f\u041e \u0438\u043d\u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c\u0430\u0446\u0438\u043e\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0445 \u0441\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0435\u043c, \u0421\u0435\u0442\u0435\u0432\u043e\u0435 \u0441\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e, \u0421\u0435\u0442\u0435\u0432\u043e\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0440\u0430\u043c\u043c\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u0441\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e",
  "\u0422\u0438\u043f \u043e\u0448\u0438\u0431\u043a\u0438 CWE": "CWE-20",
  "\u0423\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043e\u043f\u0430\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0443\u044f\u0437\u0432\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438": "\u0412\u044b\u0441\u043e\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0443\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043e\u043f\u0430\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 (\u0431\u0430\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u044f \u043e\u0446\u0435\u043d\u043a\u0430 CVSS 2.0 \u0441\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u043b\u044f\u0435\u0442 7,8)\n\u0412\u044b\u0441\u043e\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0443\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043e\u043f\u0430\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 (\u0431\u0430\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u044f \u043e\u0446\u0435\u043d\u043a\u0430 CVSS 3.1 \u0441\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u043b\u044f\u0435\u0442 7,5)"
}

CVE-2021-44542 (GCVE-0-2021-44542)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-23 19:48 – Updated: 2024-08-04 04:25

Summary

A memory leak vulnerability was found in Privoxy when handling errors.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-401

Assigner

redhat redhat root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://www.privoxy.org/3.0.33/user-manual/whatsn…	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?p=privoxy.git%3Ba…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	Privoxy	Affected: Privoxy 3.0.33

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