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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.853591
Category:SuSE Local Security Checks
Title:openSUSE: Security Advisory for privoxy (openSUSE-SU-2021:0265-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'privoxy'; package(s) announced via the openSUSE-SU-2021:0265-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'privoxy'
package(s) announced via the openSUSE-SU-2021:0265-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
This update for privoxy fixes the following issues:

- Update to version 3.0.31:

- Security/Reliability (boo#1181650)

- Prevent an assertion from getting triggered by a crafted CGI
request. Commit 5bba5b89193fa. OVE-20210130-0001. CVE-2021-20217
Reported by: Joshua Rogers (Opera)

- Fixed a memory leak when decompression fails 'unexpectedly'. Commit
f431d61740cc0. OVE-20210128-0001. CVE-2021-20216

- Bug fixes:

- Fixed detection of insufficient data for decompression. Previously
Privoxy could try to decompress a partly uninitialized buffer.

Affected Software/OS:
'privoxy' package(s) on openSUSE Leap 15.2.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-20216
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-16
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1923256
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/31/2
https://www.privoxy.org/3.0.31/user-manual/whatsnew.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-20217
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1923252
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