Bug 1928742 (CVE-2021-20214)

Summary: CVE-2021-20214 privoxy: memory leak in the client-tags CGI handler when client tags are configured
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: msiddiqu
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM QA Contact:
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Version: unspecifiedCC: cheese, gwync, karsten
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: Privoxy 3.0.29 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Memory leaks in the client-tags CGI handler when client tags are configured and memory allocations fail can lead to a system crash.
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Last Closed: 2021-02-15 16:09:58 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 1928743, 1928744    
Bug Blocks: 1928922    

Description msiddiqu 2021-02-15 13:23:23 UTC
Memory leaks in the client-tags CGI handler when client tags are configured and memory allocations fail

Upstream Patch:

https://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?p=privoxy.git;a=commit;h=cf5640eb2a

External References:

https://www.privoxy.org/3.0.29/user-manual/whatsnew.html

Comment 1 msiddiqu 2021-02-15 13:23:45 UTC
Created privoxy tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1928744]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1928743]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-02-15 16:09:58 UTC
This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.