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CVE-2021-20217

Published: Mar 25, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-617
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
1.4%
Top 31.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

A flaw was found in Privoxy in versions before 3.0.31. An assertion failure triggered by a crafted CGI request may lead to denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

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-617

Affected Products

privoxyprivoxy
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
privoxyn/a
privoxyoss-projectNetworking Infrastructure

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Impact
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References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1923252
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-16
security.gentoo.org

Timeline

Published
Mar 25, 2021
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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