Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2016-1983 First vendor Publication 2016-01-27
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-21

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 7.5
Base Score 7.5 Environmental Score 7.5
impact SubScore 3.6 Temporal Score 7.5
Exploitabality Sub Score 3.9
 
Attack Vector Network Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1983

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 35

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2016-03-11 Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.
File : ala_ALAS-2016-663.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-03-04 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2016-29995fbd42.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-03-04 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2016-bc7acd24c6.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-02-03 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-130.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-02-03 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-132.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-02-01 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3460.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-01-26 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_a763a0e7c3d911e5b5fe002590263bf5.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-01-25 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-398.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://ijbswa.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ijbswa/current/parsers.c?r1=1.302&am...
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/17647...
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/17649...
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3460
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/21/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/22/3
http://www.privoxy.org/announce.txt
Source Url

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2024-11-28 12:54:35
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2021-05-04 12:47:42
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2021-04-22 01:58:40
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2020-05-24 01:18:06
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2020-05-23 01:59:02
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2020-05-23 00:50:09
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2016-12-06 09:24:35
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2016-04-27 03:27:11
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2016-03-12 13:27:24
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2016-03-05 13:26:43
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2016-02-09 11:36:01
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2016-02-04 13:27:33
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2016-02-02 13:27:12
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2016-02-01 05:23:53
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2016-01-28 00:23:19
  • First insertion