CVE-2021-20209

A memory leak vulnerability was found in Privoxy before 3.0.29 in the show-status CGI handler when no action files are configured.

CVSS v3.0 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?p=privoxy.git;a=commit;h=c62254a686	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1928726	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.privoxy.org/3.0.29/user-manual/whatsnew.html	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-16	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:privoxy:privoxy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2021-05-25 20:15

Updated : 2021-12-14 20:10

NVD link : CVE-2021-20209

Mitre link : CVE-2021-20209

JSON object : View

Products Affected

privoxy

privoxy

CWE

CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

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