Where
-Infinity
0
Severity
6.1
XSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

An XSS vulnerability was found in Privoxy which was fixed in cgierrornotemplate() by encode the template name when Privoxy is configured to servce the user-manual itself.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

A memory leak vulnerability was found in Privoxy when handling errors.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

A vulnerability was found in Privoxy which was fixed in geturlspecparam() by freeing memory of compiled pattern spec before bailing.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

A vulnerability was found in Privoxy which was fixed in processencryptedrequestheaders() by freeing header memory when failing to get the request destination.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of privoxy on openSUSE Leap 15.1, Factory allows local attackers to escalate from user privoxy to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.1 privoxy version 3.0.28-lp151.1.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory privoxy version 3.0.28-2.1 and prior versions.

First published (updated )
Severity
5.8
Input Validation
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Privoxy before 3.0.21 does not properly handle Proxy-Authenticate and Proxy-Authorization headers in the client-server data stream, which makes it easier for remote HTTP servers to spoof the intended proxy service via a 407 (aka Proxy Authentication Required) HTTP status code.

First published (updated )
Severity
5
Input Validation
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

parsers.c in Privoxy before 3.0.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and crash) via vectors related to an HTTP time header.

First published (updated )
Severity
5
Input Validation
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

jcc.c in Privoxy before 3.0.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (abort) via a crafted chunk-encoded body.

First published (updated )
Severity
5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in pcrs.c in Privoxy before 3.0.23 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault or memory consumption) via unspecified vectors.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
Use After Free
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in Privoxy before 3.0.22 allow remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors related to (1) the unmap function in list.c or (2) "two additional unconfirmed use-after-free complaints made by Coverity scan." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

First published (updated )
Severity
5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Memory leak in the rfc2553connectto 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.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
Input Validation
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

The removechunkedtransfercoding function in filters.c in Privoxy before 3.0.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and crash) via crafted chunk-encoded content.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
Input Validation
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

The clienthost function in parsers.c in Privoxy before 3.0.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and crash) via an empty HTTP Host header.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

A flaw was found in Privoxy in versions before 3.0.29. Memory leaks when a response is buffered and the buffer limit is reached or Privoxy is running out of memory can lead to a system crash.

1 / 2
Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
Buffer Overflow
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

A flaw was found in privoxy before 3.0.32. A invalid read of size two may occur in chunkedbodyiscomplete() leading to denial of service.

1 / 2
Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
Null Pointer Dereference
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

A flaw was found in privoxy before 3.0.32. A crash may occur due a NULL-pointer dereference when the socks server misbehaves.

1 / 2
Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

A flaw was found in privoxy before 3.0.32. An assertion failure could be triggered with a crafted CGI request leading to server crash.

1 / 2
Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
Input Validation
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

A flaw was found in privoxy before 3.0.32. A crash can occur via a crafted CGI request if Privoxy is toggled off.

1 / 2
Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
Buffer Overflow
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

A flaw was found in privoxy before 3.0.32. Invalid memory access with an invalid pattern passed to pcrecompile() may lead to denial of service.

1 / 2
Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

A flaw was found in Privoxy in versions before 3.0.29. Memory leak in the show-status CGI handler when no filter files are configured can lead to a system crash.

1 / 2
Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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

1 / 2
Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
Null Pointer Dereference
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

A flaw was found in Privoxy in versions before 3.0.29. Dereference of a NULL-pointer that could result in a crash if accept-intercepted-requests was enabled, Privoxy failed to get the request destination from the Host header and a memory allocation failed.

1 / 2
Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

A flaw was found in Privoxy in versions before 3.0.29. Memory leak if multiple filters are executed and the last one is skipped due to a pcre error leading to a system crash.

1 / 2
Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

A flaw was found in Privoxy in versions before 3.0.29. Memory leaks in the show-status CGI handler when memory allocations fail can lead to a system crash.

1 / 2
Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

1 / 2
Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

A flaw was found in Privoxy in versions before 3.0.29. Memory leak when client tags are active can cause a system crash.

1 / 2
Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

A flaw was found in privoxy before version 3.0.31. A memory leak when decompression fails "unexpectedly" may lead to denial of service.

References:

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/31/2

1 / 2
Source: Red Hat
First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

A flaw was found in privoxy before version 3.0.31. An assertion failure triggered by a crafted CGI request may lead to denial of service.

References:

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/31/2

1 / 2
Source: Red Hat
First published (updated )

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