CVE-2016-1983

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2016-01-21
CWE:
CWE-125
Bugzilla:
1300972: CVE-2016-1983 privoxy: invalid read via empty host header in client request

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The client_host function in parsers.c in Privoxy before 3.0.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and crash) via an empty HTTP Host header.

Find out more about CVE-2016-1983 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 privoxy Will not fix

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