CVE-2021-44542

Upstream information

CVE-2021-44542 at MITRE

Description

A memory leak vulnerability was found in Privoxy when handling errors.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	5
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	Partial

CVSS v3 Scores

CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	7.5
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector	Network
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	High
CVSSv3 Version	3.1

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1193584 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• openSUSE-SU-2021:1646-1, published Fri Dec 31 03:50:24 2021
• openSUSE-SU-2022:10186-1, published Wed Nov 2 18:44:09 2022

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3	privoxy >= 3.0.33-bp153.2.3.1 privoxy-doc >= 3.0.33-bp153.2.3.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2021-1646
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP4	privoxy >= 3.0.33-bp154.3.3.1 privoxy-doc >= 3.0.33-bp154.3.3.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2022-10186
openSUSE Leap 15.2	privoxy >= 3.0.33-lp152.3.12.1 privoxy-doc >= 3.0.33-lp152.3.12.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2021-1646
openSUSE Leap 15.3	privoxy >= 3.0.33-bp153.2.3.1 privoxy-doc >= 3.0.33-bp153.2.3.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2021-1646
openSUSE Leap 15.4	privoxy >= 3.0.33-bp154.3.3.1 privoxy-doc >= 3.0.33-bp154.3.3.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2022-10186
openSUSE Tumbleweed	privoxy >= 3.0.33-1.1 privoxy-doc >= 3.0.33-1.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-11677

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Dec 9 14:00:03 2021
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 19:31:33 2025