CVE-2021-20216 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

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 Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Privoxy	Privoxy

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1923256
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-16
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/31/2
https://www.privoxy.org/3.0.31/user-manual/whatsnew.html

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2021-03-25T18:57:49

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:30:07.787Z

Reserved: 2020-12-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-20216

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-03-25T19:15:13.283

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:46:08.900

Link: CVE-2021-20216

Redhat

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