MGASA-2015-0003

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    MGASA-2015-0003

    Published: 5 Jan 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated privoxy package fixes security vulnerabilities

    Details: Updated privoxy packages fix security issues: A memory leak occurred in privoxy 3.0.21 compiled with IPv6 support when rejecting client connections due to the socket limit being reached. (CID 66382) A use-after-free bug was found in privoxy 3.0.21 and two additional potential use-after-free issues were detected by Coverity scan. (CID 66394, CID 66376, CID 66391) Also fixed is a file descriptor leak in an error path in jbsockets.c. (CID 66368)

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0003.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14892, http://www.privoxy.org/announce.txt

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: privoxy

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/privoxy?arch=source&distro=mageia-4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.0.21-2.2.mga4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High