CVE-2015-1030

high

Description

Memory leak in the rfc2553_connect_to function in jbsocket.c in Privoxy before 3.0.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of requests that are rejected because the socket limit is reached.

References

http://www.privoxy.org/announce.txt

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/11/1

http://secunia.com/advisories/62123

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-01-20

Updated: 2015-02-04

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High