USN-5826-1

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    USN-5826-1

    Published: 25 Jan 2023Last Modified: 27 Apr 2026

    Summary: privoxy vulnerabilities

    Details: Joshua Rogers discovered that Privoxy incorrectly handled memory allocation. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-44540) Artem Ivanov discovered that Privoxy incorrectly handled input validations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. (CVE-2021-44543)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5826-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-44540, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-44543

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: privoxy

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.0.26-5ubuntu0.3

    Affected versions

    3.0.26-3
    3.0.26-4
    3.0.26-5
    3.0.26-5ubuntu0.1

    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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