USN-5826-1: Privoxy vulnerabilities
25 January 2023
Several security issues were fixed in Privoxy.
Releases
Packages
- privoxy - Privacy enhancing HTTP Proxy
Details
Joshua Rogers discovered that Privoxy incorrectly handled memory allocation. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-44540)
Artem Ivanov discovered that Privoxy incorrectly handled input validations. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
(CVE-2021-44543)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.