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Mageia Linux Local Check: mgasa-2016-0055

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Mageia Linux Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

8 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

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Summary

Mageia Linux Local Security Checks mgasa-2016-0055

Insight

Insight

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)

Solution

Solution

Update the affected packages to the latest available version.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)

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