Privoxy up to 3.0.28 show-status CGI memory leak

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Privoxy up to 3.0.28. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component show-status CGI Handler. This manipulation causes memory leak. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2021-20215. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Privoxy up to 3.0.28. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component show-status CGI Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The weakness was published 03/26/2021. The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-20215. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 3.0.29 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at privoxy.org.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory leak
CWE: CWE-401 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Privoxy 3.0.29

Timelineinfo

12/17/2020 🔍
03/26/2021 +99 days 🔍
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04/05/2021 +10 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-20215 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-20215
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-171745

Entryinfo

Created: 03/26/2021 07:17
Updated: 04/05/2021 08:14
Changes: 03/26/2021 07:17 (38), 04/05/2021 08:08 (5), 04/05/2021 08:14 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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