CVE-2015-1030 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via memory consumption in Privoxy by sending numerous rejected requests.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-1030?
CVE-2015-1030 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Jan 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Memory leak in the rfc2553_connect_to function in jbsocket.c in Privoxy before 3.0.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of requests that are rejected because the socket limit is reached.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1030?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Privoxy Privoxy.
How do I fix CVE-2015-1030?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2015-1030 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1030 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-1030, GHSA-mw79-95c5-8ph4.