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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-20214: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Mar 25, 2021
Added
Mar 26, 2024
Modified
Jun 18, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in Privoxy in versions before 3.0.29. Memory leaks in the client-tags CGI handler when client tags are configured and memory allocations fail can lead to a system crash.

Solution

alpine-linux-upgrade-privoxy
Title
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