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title: "CVE-2015-1201\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-1201

Publication date 20 January 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Privoxy before 3.0.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
(file descriptor consumption) via unspecified vectors. NOTE: the
provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely
from third party information.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1201?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| privoxy | 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Ignored end of life |
| 17.04 zesty | Ignored end of life |
| 16.10 yakkety | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [debian](https://launchpad.net/~debian)

NOT-FOR-US: Bogus entry for Privoxy picked from Secunia

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1201)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1201)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-1201)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1201)

### Other references

* <http://secunia.com/advisories/62123>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1201>
