Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201601-27
=========================================
Severity: Medium
Date    : 2016-01-25
CVE-ID  : CVE-2016-1982 CVE-2016-1983
Package : privoxy
Type    : denial of service
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Summary
======
The package privoxy before version 3.0.24-1 is vulnerable to denial of
service.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 3.0.24-1.

# pacman -Syu "privoxy>=3.0.24-1"

The problems have been fixed upstream in version 3.0.24.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
- CVE-2016-1982 (denial of service)

A vulnerability was discovered in a way the privoxy deals with corrupted
chunk-encoded content. A maliciously crafted input can result in a
remote denial of service.

- CVE-2016-1983 (denial of service)

A vulnerability was found in a way the privoxy processes specific client
requests. A request with "Host" header empty could result in an invalid
read.

Impact
=====
A remote attacker is able to craft special input that, when processed,
is leading to denial of service.

References
=========
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1982
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1983
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/179

ArchLinux: 201601-27: privoxy: denial of service

January 25, 2016

Summary

- CVE-2016-1982 (denial of service) A vulnerability was discovered in a way the privoxy deals with corrupted chunk-encoded content. A maliciously crafted input can result in a remote denial of service.
- CVE-2016-1983 (denial of service)
A vulnerability was found in a way the privoxy processes specific client requests. A request with "Host" header empty could result in an invalid read.

Resolution

Upgrade to 3.0.24-1. # pacman -Syu "privoxy>=3.0.24-1"
The problems have been fixed upstream in version 3.0.24.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1982 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1983 https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/179

Severity
Package : privoxy
Type : denial of service
Remote : Yes
Link : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Workaround

None.

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