Debian DSA-3460-1 : privoxy - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 88495

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that privoxy, a web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities, contained invalid reads that could enable a remote attacker to crash the application, thus causing a Denial of Service.

Solution

Upgrade the privoxy packages.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 3.0.19-2+deb7u3.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 3.0.21-7+deb8u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 88495

File Name: debian_DSA-3460.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/1/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, 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: 1/30/2016

Reference Information

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

DSA: 3460

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