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openSUSE Security Update : privoxy (openSUSE-2021-265)

high Nessus Plugin ID 146317

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for privoxy fixes the following issues :

 - Update to version 3.0.31 :

 - Security/Reliability (boo#1181650)

 - Prevent an assertion from getting triggered by a crafted CGI request. Commit 5bba5b89193fa. OVE-20210130-0001.
 CVE-2021-20217 Reported by: Joshua Rogers (Opera)

 - Fixed a memory leak when decompression fails 'unexpectedly'. Commit f431d61740cc0. OVE-20210128-0001.
 CVE-2021-20216

 - Bug fixes :

 - Fixed detection of insufficient data for decompression.
 Previously Privoxy could try to decompress a partly uninitialized buffer.

Solution

Update the affected privoxy packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1181650

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 146317

File Name: openSUSE-2021-265.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/9/2021

Updated: 3/30/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-20217

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:privoxy, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:privoxy-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:privoxy-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/8/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-20216, CVE-2021-20217