Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 25, 2021· Updated Aug 3, 2024
CVE-2021-20216
CVE-2021-20216
Description
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.
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Affected products
5- osv-coords3 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/privoxy&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/opensuse/privoxy&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/privoxy&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP2
< 3.0.31-lp152.3.6.1+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.31-lp152.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.32-2.3
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.31-bp152.4.6.1
Patches
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References
4- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-16mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgimitrex_refsource_MISC
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/31/2mitrex_refsource_MISC
- www.privoxy.org/3.0.31/user-manual/whatsnew.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
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