vulnerability

Amazon Linux AMI: Security patch for privoxy (ALAS-2016-663) (multiple CVEs)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 27, 2016
Added
Mar 11, 2016
Modified
Jul 28, 2025

Description

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.

Solutions

amazon-linux-upgrade-privoxyamazon-linux-upgrade-privoxy-debuginfo
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