UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20212

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20212

    Published: 3 Feb 2021Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-20212
    Aliases:
    USN-4886-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20212, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/03/3, https://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?p=privoxy.git;a=commit;h=5cfb7bc8fe, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4886-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-20212

    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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