CVE-2021-20216

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
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1923256 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-16 Third Party Advisory
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
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
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

21 Nov 2024, 05:46

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1923256 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1923256 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
References () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-16 - Third Party Advisory () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-16 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/31/2 - Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory () https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/31/2 - Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
References () https://www.privoxy.org/3.0.31/user-manual/whatsnew.html - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory () https://www.privoxy.org/3.0.31/user-manual/whatsnew.html - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

Information

Published : 2021-03-25 19:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 05:46


NVD link : CVE-2021-20216

Mitre link : CVE-2021-20216

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-20216


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Products Affected

privoxy

  • privoxy
CWE
CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime