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CVE-2021-20209

Published: May 25, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-401
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
1.9%
Top 23.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

A memory leak vulnerability was found in Privoxy before 3.0.29 in the show-status CGI handler when no action files are configured.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-401

Affected Products

privoxyn/a
Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
PrivoxyСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ОСОН ОСнова ОnyxАО «НППКТ»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ОС ОН «Стрелец»АО «Концерн ВНИИНС»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
ао «нппкт»commercialRUOperating Systems
ао «концерн вниинс»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka ao konsern vniins
and 1 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://www.privoxy.org/3.0.29/user-manual/whatsnew.html
privoxy.org
https://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?p=privoxy.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c62254a686
privoxy.org
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1928726
bugzilla.redhat.com
and 8 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
May 25, 2021
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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