Bug 1928736 (CVE-2021-20212) - CVE-2021-20212 privoxy: memory leak if multiple filters are executed and the last one is skipped due to a pcre error
Summary: CVE-2021-20212 privoxy: memory leak if multiple filters are executed and the ...
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2021-20212
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1928737 1928738
Blocks: 1928926
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-02-15 13:22 UTC by msiddiqu
Modified: 2021-02-19 15:03 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: Privoxy 3.0.29
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Memory leak if multiple filters are executed and the last one is skipped due to a pcre error leading to a system crash.
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Last Closed: 2021-02-15 16:09:54 UTC
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Description msiddiqu 2021-02-15 13:22:08 UTC 
Memory leak if multiple filters are executed and the last one is skipped due to a pcre error

Upstream Patch:
 
https://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?p=privoxy.git;a=commit;h=5cfb7bc8fe

External References:

https://www.privoxy.org/3.0.29/user-manual/whatsnew.html
Comment 1 msiddiqu 2021-02-15 13:22:31 UTC 
Created privoxy tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1928738]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1928737]
Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-02-15 16:09:54 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.
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