SB2021020143 - Fedora 33 update for privoxy
Published: February 1, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021020143
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Reachable Assertion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-20217)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted CGI request to the affected server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
2) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-20216)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak during decompression. A remote attacker can send specially crafted request to the web server and perform denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.