CVE-2021-20216 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/31/2 https://www.privoxy.org/3.0.31/user-manual/whatsnew.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1923256 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-16

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5