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CVE-2021-44541

Published: Dec 23, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-401
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.4%
Top 29.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

A vulnerability was found in Privoxy which was fixed in process_encrypted_request_headers() by freeing header memory when failing to get the request destination.

No summary for this CVE yet.

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

Novell Inc.
commercial·US
openSUSE TumbleweedOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
OpenSUSE LeapOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE Package HubOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
PrivoxyOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / firewall
privoxy
oss-project
privoxyOn-prem
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
ООО «Ред Софт»
commercial·RUaka red soft
РЕД ОСOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

https://www.privoxy.org/3.0.33/user-manual/whatsnew.html%2C
privoxy.org
https://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?p=privoxy.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=652b4b7cb0
privoxy.org
https://www.privoxy.org/3.0.33/user-manual/whatsnew.html%2C
privoxy.org
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