Ubuntu: Security Advisory for privoxy (USN-4886-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the 'privoxy' package(s) announced via the USN-4886-1 advisory.

It was discovered that Privoxy incorrectly handled CGI requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2020-35502, CVE-2021-20209, CVE-2021-20210, CVE-2021-20213, CVE-2021-20215, CVE-2021-20216, CVE-2021-20217, CVE-2021-20272, CVE-2021-20273, CVE-2021-20275) It was discovered that Privoxy incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2021-20212, CVE-2021-20276) It was discovered that Privoxy incorrectly handled client tags. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Privoxy to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.10. (CVE-2021-20211) It was discovered that Privoxy incorrectly handled client tags. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Privoxy to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.10. (CVE-2021-20214)

'privoxy' package(s) on Ubuntu 20.10, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.

Please install the updated package(s).