CVE-2021-44541 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A vulnerability was found in Privoxy which was fixed in process_encrypted_request_headers() by freeing header memory when failing to get the request destination.

Published: 2021-12-23

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very 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

n/a

Privoxy

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Privoxy 3.0.33`	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
EUVD	EUVD-2021-31372	A vulnerability was found in Privoxy which was fixed in process_encrypted_request_headers() by freeing header memory when failing to get the request destination.

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 0.00456.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.privoxy.org/3.0.33/user-manual/whatsnew.html%2C
https://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?p=privoxy.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=652b4b7cb0

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Privoxy Privoxy

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2021-12-23T19:48:42.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T04:25:16.504Z

Reserved: 2021-12-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-44541

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-12-23T20:15:11.990

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:31:11.753

Link: CVE-2021-44541

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-401

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