USN-5826-1: Privoxy vulnerabilities

Publication date

25 January 2023

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Privoxy.


Packages

  • privoxy - Privacy enhancing HTTP Proxy

Details

Joshua Rogers discovered that Privoxy incorrectly handled memory allocation. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-44540)

Artem Ivanov discovered that Privoxy incorrectly handled input validations. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
(CVE-2021-44543)

Joshua Rogers discovered that Privoxy incorrectly handled memory allocation. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-44540)

Artem Ivanov discovered that Privoxy incorrectly handled input validations. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
(CVE-2021-44543)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
20.04 focal privoxy –  3.0.28-2ubuntu0.2
18.04 bionic privoxy –  3.0.26-5ubuntu0.3

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