UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20209

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20209

    Published: 3 Feb 2021Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-20209
    Aliases:
    USN-4886-1

    Summary:

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

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20209, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/03/3, https://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?p=privoxy.git;a=commit;h=c62254a686, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4886-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-20209

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: privoxy

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+deb8u1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.0.21-7+deb8u1ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    3.0.21-1
    3.0.21-2
    3.0.21-7+deb8u1build0.14.04.1

    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
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