Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Privoxy, a privacy enhancing HTTP proxy, which might result in denial of service.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 3.0.19-2+deb7u2. For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), these problems will be fixed soon. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 3.0.21-7. We recommend that you upgrade your privoxy packages.

Privoxy is a web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for protecting privacy, filtering web page content, managing cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a very flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and tastes. Privoxy has application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.

privoxy on Debian Linux

This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.

• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3145.html

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Updated on 2015-03-25