CVE-2021-20214

Published: 5 February 2021

A flaw was found in Privoxy in versions before 3.0.29. Memory leaks in the client-tags CGI handler when client tags are configured and memory allocations fail can lead to a system crash.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
privoxy Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Not vulnerable (code not present)
	focal	Released (3.0.28-2ubuntu0.1)
	groovy	Released (3.0.28-3ubuntu0.1)
	trusty	Not vulnerable (code not present)
	upstream	Released (3.0.29-1)
	xenial	Not vulnerable (code not present)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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