CVE-2016-1982

Summary

CVECVE-2016-1982
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-01-27 20:59:00 UTC
Updated2016-12-06 03:07:00 UTC
DescriptionThe remove_chunked_transfer_coding function in filters.c in Privoxy before 3.0.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and crash) via crafted chunk-encoded content.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Privoxy Privoxy All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3460-1 privoxy DEBIAN www.debian.org
oss-security - CVE request for Privoxy 3.0.24 MLIST www.openwall.com
www.privoxy.org/announce.txt CONFIRM www.privoxy.org Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: privoxy-3.0.23-3.fc23 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - Re: CVE request for Privoxy 3.0.24 MLIST www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: privoxy-3.0.23-3.fc22 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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