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Debian DSA-3133-1 : privoxy - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 80871

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Multiple use-after-frees were discovered in Privoxy, a privacy-enhancing HTTP proxy.

Solution

Upgrade the privoxy packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.19-2+deb7u1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), this problem will be fixed soon.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/privoxy

https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3133

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 80871

File Name: debian_DSA-3133.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/21/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:privoxy, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/20/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1031

BID: 71993

DSA: 3133