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Unscored USN-4886-1 14 CVEs

privoxy vulnerabilities

Published Mar 22, 2021 · Updated Jun 29, 2026

Summary

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)

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS privoxy 3.0.24-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS privoxy 3.0.26-5ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS privoxy 3.0.28-2ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS privoxy 3.0.21-7+deb8u1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Vulnerabilities 14

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-35502
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20209
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20210
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20211
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20212
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20213
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20214
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20215
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20216
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20217
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20272
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20273
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20275
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20276