openSUSE: 2023:0456-1 moderate security patch for privoxy issue
opensuse
February 12, 2021
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available
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.
This update was imported from the openSUSE:Leap:15.2:Update update project.
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-279=1
Package List
- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
privoxy-3.0.31-bp152.4.6.1
- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2 (noarch):
privoxy-doc-3.0.31-bp152.4.6.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20216.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20217.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1181650
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:0279-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products:
openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2
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