MGASA-2016-0055: privoxy Mageia

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 09-02-2016Last modified 16-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

MGASA-2016-0055 is a vulnerability in privoxy Mageia with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
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0%100%
No EPSS score yet
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 2 · Downstream 0
CVE-2016-1982CVE-2016-1983

Timeline

  1. 09-02-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Updated privoxy packages fix security vulnerabilities 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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Public exploits

0 found

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Weaknesses

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Affected systems

Mageia1 product
  • privoxy< 3.0.23-1.1.mga5

1 vendor · 1 product

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