Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-20216 - Memory Leak vulnerability in Privoxy
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1923256
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1923256
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-16
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-16
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/31/2
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/31/2
- https://www.privoxy.org/3.0.31/user-manual/whatsnew.html
- https://www.privoxy.org/3.0.31/user-manual/whatsnew.html