A privoxy security update has been released for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP2.

openSUSE-SU-2021:0279-1: moderate: Security update for privoxy

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for privoxy
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:0279-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1181650
Cross-References: CVE-2021-20216 CVE-2021-20217
Affected Products:
openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2
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An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

This update for privoxy fixes the following issues:

- Update to version 3.0.31:
- Security/Reliability (boo#1181650)
- Prevent an assertion from getting triggered by a crafted CGI
request. Commit 5bba5b89193fa. OVE-20210130-0001. CVE-2021-20217
Reported by: Joshua Rogers (Opera)
- Fixed a memory leak when decompression fails "unexpectedly". Commit
f431d61740cc0. OVE-20210128-0001. CVE-2021-20216
- Bug fixes:
- Fixed detection of insufficient data for decompression. Previously
Privoxy could try to decompress a partly uninitialized buffer.

This update was imported from the openSUSE:Leap:15.2:Update update project.

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-279=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

privoxy-3.0.31-bp152.4.6.1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2 (noarch):

privoxy-doc-3.0.31-bp152.4.6.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20216.html
  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20217.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1181650