CVE-2021-20209 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

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 Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01071.

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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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-2548-1	privoxy security update
EUVD	EUVD-2021-7652	A memory leak vulnerability was found in Privoxy before 3.0.29 in the show-status CGI handler when no action files are configured.
Ubuntu USN	USN-4886-1	Privoxy vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1928726
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-16
https://www.privoxy.org/3.0.29/user-manual/whatsnew.html
https://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?p=privoxy.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c62254a686

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2021-05-25T19:34:09

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:30:07.426Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-20209

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-05-25T20:15:07.610

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:46:08.107

Link: CVE-2021-20209

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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