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Debian Wheezy DSA-3145-1: Critical Privoxy Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey January 30, 2015
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Security flaws identified in Privoxy on Debian wheezy addressed. It is advised to update for improved security.
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Privoxy, a privacy enhancing HTTP proxy, which might result in denial of service
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Summary

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 3.0.19-2+deb7u2.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), these problems will be
fixed soon.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 3.0.21-7.

We recommend that you upgrade your privoxy packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: privoxy
CVE ID: CVE-2015-1381 CVE-2015-1382

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