CVE-2021-20216 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2021-03-25

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.7% 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
`privoxy 3.0.31`	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-2021-7659	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.
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 Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01652.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1923256
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-16
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/31/2
https://www.privoxy.org/3.0.31/user-manual/whatsnew.html

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Privoxy Privoxy

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2021-03-25T18:57:49.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:30:07.787Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-20216

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-03-25T19:15:13.283

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:46:08.900

Link: CVE-2021-20216

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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