A privoxy security update has been released for Arch Linux.
Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202102-21
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Severity: Low
Date : 2021-02-07
CVE-ID : CVE-2021-20216 CVE-2021-20217
Package : privoxy
Type : denial of service
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1524
Summary
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The package privoxy before version 3.0.31-1 is vulnerable to denial of
service.
Resolution
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Upgrade to 3.0.31-1.
# pacman -Syu "privoxy>=3.0.31-1"
The problems have been fixed upstream in version 3.0.31.
Workaround
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None.
Description
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- CVE-2021-20216 (denial of service)
A security issue was found in privoxy before version 3.0.31. A memory
leak when decompression fails unexpectedly may lead to denial of
service.
- CVE-2021-20217 (denial of service)
A security issue was found in privoxy before version 3.0.31. An
assertion failure triggered by a crafted CGI request may lead to denial
of service.
Impact
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A remote attacker might cause the privoxy server to crash using a
crafted request.
References
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https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/31/2
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1923256
https://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?p=privoxy.git;a=commitdiff;h=f431d61740cc03c1c5f6b7f9c7a4a8d0bedd70dd
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2021/q1/106
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1923252
https://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?p=privoxy.git;a=commitdiff;h=5bba5b89193fa2eeea51aa39fb6525c47b59a82a
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-20216
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-20217
