Input validation error in privoxy - CVE-2015-1031
Published: February 10, 2015 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33831
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1031
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in Privoxy before 3.0.22 allow remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors related to (1) the unmap function in list.c or (2) "two additional unconfirmed use-after-free complaints made by Coverity scan." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html">CWE-416: Use After Free</a>
Affected software
privoxy
privoxy (Alpine package)
privoxy (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2015-1031
Install update from vendor's website.
privoxy (Alpine package) - update to 3.0.23-r0