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
Link | Resource |
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https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/31/2 | Mailing List Release Notes Third Party Advisory |
https://www.privoxy.org/3.0.31/user-manual/whatsnew.html | Release Notes Vendor Advisory |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1923256 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-16 | Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
Information
Published : 2021-03-25 12:15
Updated : 2022-08-05 10:44
NVD link : CVE-2021-20216
Mitre link : CVE-2021-20216
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CWE
CWE-401
Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Products Affected
privoxy
- privoxy