Resource exhaustion in privoxy - CVE-2015-1201
Published: January 20, 2015 / Updated: February 1, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU50158
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1201
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
privoxy
How to mitigate CVE-2015-1201
Install update from vendor's website.
privoxy - update to 3.0.22