CVE-2015-1030
Published: 20 January 2015
Memory leak in the rfc2553_connect_to function in jbsocket.c in Privoxy before 3.0.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of requests that are rejected because the socket limit is reached.
From the Ubuntu Security Team
It was discovered that privoxy doesn't handle a large number of requests properly. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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privoxy Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Not vulnerable
(3.0.21-5)
|
bionic |
Not vulnerable
(3.0.21-5)
|
|
wily |
Not vulnerable
(3.0.21-5)
|
|
xenial |
Not vulnerable
(3.0.21-5)
|
|
yakkety |
Not vulnerable
(3.0.21-5)
|
|
zesty |
Not vulnerable
(3.0.21-5)
|
|
lucid |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
precise |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
trusty |
Released
(3.0.21-7+debu1build0.14.04.1)
|
|
upstream |
Released
(3.0.21-5)
|
|
utopic |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
vivid |
Not vulnerable
(3.0.21-5)
|