Memory Leak Vulnerability in Privoxy Affects User Privacy
CVE-2021-20211

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Privoxy

Status
Privoxy
Vendor
CVE Published:
25 March 2021

What is CVE-2021-20211?

A vulnerability in Privoxy prior to version 3.0.29 was identified where an active client tag leads to a memory leak that could result in a system crash. This issue poses risks to user privacy and system stability, necessitating immediate attention from users of the affected versions. For details, refer to updates in the official Privoxy user manual and advisory from Gentoo.

Affected Version(s)

privoxy Privoxy 3.0.29

References

https://www.privoxy.org/3.0.29/user-manual/whatsnew.html
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1928733
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-16
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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