CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2021-20216

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.

7.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 6.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/31/2 Mailing List Release Notes
https://www.privoxy.org/3.0.31/user-manual/whatsnew.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1923256 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-16 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

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

Published : 2021-03-25 07:15

Updated : 2022-08-05 05:44

NVD link : CVE-2021-20216

Mitre link : CVE-2021-20216

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-401