CVE-2021-20209 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A memory leak vulnerability was found in Privoxy before 3.0.29 in the show-status CGI handler when no action files are configured.

Published: 2021-05-25

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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privoxy

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`before 3.0.29`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:privoxy:privoxy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-2548-1	privoxy security update
EUVD	EUVD-2021-7652	A memory leak vulnerability was found in Privoxy before 3.0.29 in the show-status CGI handler when no action files are configured.
Ubuntu USN	USN-4886-1	Privoxy vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01071.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1928726
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-16
https://www.privoxy.org/3.0.29/user-manual/whatsnew.html
https://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?p=privoxy.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c62254a686

History

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Subscriptions

Privoxy Privoxy

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2021-05-25T19:34:09.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:30:07.426Z

Reserved: 2020-12-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-20209

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-05-25T20:15:07.610

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:46:08.107

Link: CVE-2021-20209

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-401

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