CVE-2015-1201 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Privoxy versions prior to 3.0.22. An unauthenticated remote attacker could exploit this flaw by causing excessive file descriptor consumption, leading to service disruption. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, but only impacts availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.0.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:privoxy:privoxy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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