Memory leak in privoxy - CVE-2015-1030
Published: January 20, 2015 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32457
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1030
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: privoxy
Affected software:
privoxy
privoxy
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the rfc2553_connect_to function in jbsocket.c in Privoxy before 3.0.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of requests that are rejected because the socket limit is reached. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-1030
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.