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Debian DLA-142-1 : privoxy security update
high Nessus Plugin ID 82125
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security update.Description
Several vulnerabilities have been fixed in privoxy, a privacy enhancing HTTP proxy :CVE-2015-1031, CID66394 :
unmap(): Prevent use-after-free if the map only consists of one item.
CVE-2015-1031, CID66376 and CID66391 :
pcrs_execute(): Consistently set *result to NULL in case of errors.
Should make use-after-free in the caller less likely.
CVE-2015-1381 :
Fix multiple segmentation faults and memory leaks in the pcrs code.
CVE-2015-1382 :
Fix invalid read to prevent potential crashes.
We recommend that you upgrade your privoxy packages.
NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Upgrade the affected privoxy package.See Also
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2015/01/msg00016.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 82125
File Name: debian_DLA-142.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 3/26/2015
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:privoxy, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/29/2015