GCVE-110-MAGEIA-2016-55

Advisory Published

Vulnetix · Advisory published February 9, 2016

This update fixes two denial-of-service vulnerabilities that have been discovered in privoxy 3.0.23: The remove_chunked_transfer_coding function in filters.c in Privoxy before 3.0.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and crash) via crafted chunk-encoded content. (CVE-2016-1982) The client_host function in parsers.c in Privoxy before 3.0.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and crash) via an empty HTTP Host header. (CVE-2016-1983)

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Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Platforms
Mageia	cppcheck	0 (affected), 1.69-1.1.mga5 (unaffected)	—
Mageia	privoxy	0 (affected), 3.0.23-1.1.mga5 (unaffected), 3.0.23-1.1.mga5 (unaffected), 0 (affected)	—

References

Updated privoxy packages fix security vulnerabilities

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Updated privoxy packages fix security vulnerabilities

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Updated cppcheck packages fix error on startup

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Updated cppcheck packages fix error on startup

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