{"id":"USN-4886-1","summary":"privoxy vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that Privoxy incorrectly handled CGI requests. An attacker\ncould possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or obtain sensitive\ninformation. (CVE-2020-35502, CVE-2021-20209, CVE-2021-20210,\nCVE-2021-20213, CVE-2021-20215, CVE-2021-20216, CVE-2021-20217,\nCVE-2021-20272, CVE-2021-20273, CVE-2021-20275)\n\nIt was discovered that Privoxy incorrectly handled certain regular\nexpressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of\nservice or obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2021-20212, CVE-2021-20276)\n\nIt was discovered that Privoxy incorrectly handled client tags. An attacker\ncould possibly use this issue to cause Privoxy to consume resources, resulting\nin a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS,\nUbuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.10. (CVE-2021-20211)\n\nIt was discovered that Privoxy incorrectly handled client tags. An attacker\ncould possibly use this issue to cause Privoxy to consume resources, resulting\nin a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and\nUbuntu 20.10. (CVE-2021-20214)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:42:07Z","published":"2021-03-22T16:55:19Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2020-35502","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20209","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20210","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20211","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20212","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20213","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20214","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20215","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20216","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20217","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20272","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20273","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20275","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20276"],"upstream":["CVE-2020-35502","CVE-2021-20209","CVE-2021-20210","CVE-2021-20211","CVE-2021-20212","CVE-2021-20213","CVE-2021-20214","CVE-2021-20215","CVE-2021-20216","CVE-2021-20217","CVE-2021-20272","CVE-2021-20273","CVE-2021-20275","CVE-2021-20276","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-35502","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20209","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20210","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20211","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20212","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20213","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20214","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20215","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20216","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20217","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20272","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20273","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20275","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20276"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4886-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-35502"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20209"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20210"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20211"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20212"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20213"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20214"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20215"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20216"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20217"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20272"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20273"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20275"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20276"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"privoxy","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/privoxy@3.0.21-7+deb8u1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.0.21-7+deb8u1ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]}],"versions":["3.0.21-1","3.0.21-2","3.0.21-7+deb8u1build0.14.04.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available 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