SB2015012004 - Denial of service in Privoxy
Published: January 20, 2015 Updated: February 1, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015012004
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1201)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can trigger file descriptor consumption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.