SB2021022802 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Privoxy



SB2021022802 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Privoxy

Published: February 28, 2021 Updated: March 6, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021022802
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 5
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 5 vulnerabilities.


1) Reachable Assertion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-20272)

CWE-ID: CWE-617 - Reachable Assertion

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion within the ssplit() function when processing CGI requests. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted CGI request, trigger an assertion failure and crash the service.


2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-20273)

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the cgi_send_banner() function. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted CGI request with an invalid image type and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


3) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-20274)

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the socks5_connect() function, when sending empty credentials. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


4) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-20275)

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the chunked_body_is_complete() function. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the application, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.


5) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-20276)

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition when processing patterns passed to pcre_compile() function. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger out-of-bounds read error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.