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Ubuntu 20.10 USN-4886-1 Critical: Privoxy Denial Of Service

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Several security issues were fixed in Privoxy.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4886-1
March 22, 2021

privoxy vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 20.10
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Privoxy.

Software Description:
- privoxy: Privacy enhancing HTTP Proxy

Details:

It was discovered that Privoxy incorrectly handled CGI requests. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or obtain sensitive
information. (CVE-2020-35502, CVE-2021-20209, CVE-2021-20210,
CVE-2021-20213, CVE-2021-20215, CVE-2021-20216, CVE-2021-20217,
CVE-2021-20272, CVE-2021-20273, CVE-2021-20275)

It was discovered that Privoxy incorrectly handled certain regular
expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service or obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2021-20212, CVE-2021-20276)

It was discovered that Privoxy incorrectly handled client tags. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause Privoxy to consume resources, resulting
in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.10. (CVE-2021-20211)

It was discovered that Privoxy incorrectly handled client tags. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause Privoxy to consume resources, resulting
in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 20.10. (CVE-2021-20214)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 20.10:
  privoxy                         3.0.28-3ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  privoxy                         3.0.28-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  privoxy                         3.0.26-5ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  privoxy                         3.0.24-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
  privoxy                         3.0.21-7+deb8u1ubuntu0.1~esm1

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4886-1
  CVE-2020-35502, CVE-2021-20209, CVE-2021-20210, CVE-2021-20211,
  CVE-2021-20212, CVE-2021-20213, CVE-2021-20214, CVE-2021-20215,
  CVE-2021-20216, CVE-2021-20217, CVE-2021-20272, CVE-2021-20273,
  CVE-2021-20275, CVE-2021-20276

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/privoxy/3.0.28-3ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/privoxy/3.0.28-2ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/privoxy/3.0.26-5ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/privoxy/3.0.24-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 20.10 USN-4886-1 Critical: Privoxy Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey March 22, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu's USN-4887-1 resolves security vulnerabilities in Privoxy, enabling malicious actors to potentially leak confidential data.
Several security issues were fixed in Privoxy.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.10: privoxy 3.0.28-3ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: privoxy 3.0.28-2ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: privoxy 3.0.26-5ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: privoxy 3.0.24-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 14.04 ESM: privoxy 3.0.21-7+deb8u1ubuntu0.1~esm1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4886-1

CVE-2020-35502, CVE-2021-20209, CVE-2021-20210, CVE-2021-20211,

CVE-2021-20212, CVE-2021-20213, CVE-2021-20214, CVE-2021-20215,

CVE-2021-20216, CVE-2021-20217, CVE-2021-20272, CVE-2021-20273,

CVE-2021-20275, CVE-2021-20276

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March 22, 2021

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/privoxy/3.0.28-3ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/privoxy/3.0.28-2ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/privoxy/3.0.26-5ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/privoxy/3.0.24-1ubuntu0.1

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