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CVE-2012-4545 (GCVE-0-2012-4545)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-01-03 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:42
VLAI
Summary
The http_negotiate_create_context function in protocol/http/http_negotiate.c in ELinks 0.12 before 0.12pre6, when using HTTP Negotiate or GSS-Negotiate authentication, delegates user credentials through GSSAPI, which allows remote servers to authenticate as the client via the delegated credentials.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57065 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2592 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://repo.or.cz/w/elinks.git/blobdiff/89056e21f… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0250.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://bugzilla.elinks.cz/show_bug.cgi?id=1124 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/51569 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2012-10-28 00:00
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