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FreeBSD : privoxy -- multiple vulnerabilities (a763a0e7-c3d9-11e5-b5fe-002590263bf5)

high Nessus Plugin ID 88151

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Synopsis

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

Description

Privoxy Developers reports :

Prevent invalid reads in case of corrupt chunk-encoded content.
CVE-2016-1982. Bug discovered with afl-fuzz and AddressSanitizer.

Remove empty Host headers in client requests. Previously they would result in invalid reads. CVE-2016-1983. Bug discovered with afl-fuzz and AddressSanitizer.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=206504

http://www.privoxy.org/3.0.24/user-manual/whatsnew.html

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/21/4

http://www.nessus.org/u?ba2bb72c

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 88151

File Name: freebsd_pkg_a763a0e7c3d911e5b5fe002590263bf5.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Published: 1/26/2016

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:privoxy, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 1/26/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/22/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1982, CVE-2016-1983