[manjaro-security] [arch-security] [ASA-201601-27] privoxy: denial of service
Levente Polyak
anthraxx at archlinux.org
Mon Jan 25 15:30:48 CET 2016
Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201601-27
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Severity: Medium
Date : 2016-01-25
CVE-ID : CVE-2016-1982 CVE-2016-1983
Package : privoxy
Type : denial of service
Remote : Yes
Link : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CVE
Summary
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The package privoxy before version 3.0.24-1 is vulnerable to denial of
service.
Resolution
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Upgrade to 3.0.24-1.
# pacman -Syu "privoxy>=3.0.24-1"
The problems have been fixed upstream in version 3.0.24.
Workaround
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None.
Description
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- CVE-2016-1982 (denial of service)
A vulnerability was discovered in a way the privoxy deals with corrupted
chunk-encoded content. A maliciously crafted input can result in a
remote denial of service.
- CVE-2016-1983 (denial of service)
A vulnerability was found in a way the privoxy processes specific client
requests. A request with "Host" header empty could result in an invalid
read.
Impact
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A remote attacker is able to craft special input that, when processed,
is leading to denial of service.
References
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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1982
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1983
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/179
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