National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy up to 2.2.STABLE5 New Line improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy up to 2.2.STABLE5. It has been rated as critical. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation as part of New Line leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-1999-1481. Moreover, an exploit is present. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy up to 2.2.STABLE5 (Firewall Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation as part of a New Line leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Squid 2.2.STABLE5 and below, when using external authentication, allows attackers to bypass access controls via a newline in the user/password pair.

The weakness was disclosed 12/31/1999 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-1999-1481. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 2.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (3433), Exploit-DB (19567) and SecurityFocus (BID 741†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Squid Web Proxy 2.3

Timelineinfo

10/25/1999 🔍
12/31/1999 +67 days 🔍
12/31/1999 +0 days 🔍
06/23/2014 +5288 days 🔍
11/24/2024 +3807 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-1999-1481 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-1481
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15197
X-Force: 3433 - Squid Web Proxy authentication could allow unauthorized access
SecurityFocus: 741 - Squid Web Proxy Authentication Failure Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 06/23/2014 13:10
Updated: 11/24/2024 03:03
Changes: 06/23/2014 13:10 (41), 04/05/2019 12:13 (16), 11/24/2024 03:03 (27)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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