CVE-2021-20216

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-20216
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-03-25 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-08-05 17:44:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-401

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Application Privoxy Privoxy All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1923256 – (CVE-2021-20216) CVE-2021-20216 privoxy: Memory leak when decompression fails MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
oss-security - Two DoS issues fixed in Privoxy 3.0.31 stable MISC www.openwall.com
What's New in this Release MISC www.privoxy.org
Privoxy: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202107-16) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 180603 Debian Security Update for privoxy (CVE-2021-20216)
  • 198306 Ubuntu Security Notification for Privoxy Vulnerabilities (USN-4886-1)
  • 500549 Alpine Linux Security Update for privoxy
  • 504318 Alpine Linux Security Update for privoxy
  • 710060 Gentoo Linux Privoxy Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202107-16)
  • 750369 OpenSUSE Security Update for privoxy (openSUSE-SU-2021:0265-1)
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