CVE-2012-4545

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-4545
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-01-03 01:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-287 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Elinks Elinks 0.12 pre1 All All
Application Elinks Elinks 0.12 pre2 All All
Application Elinks Elinks 0.12 pre3 All All
Application Elinks Elinks 0.12 pre4 All All
Application Elinks Elinks 0.12 pre5 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ELinks CVE-2012-4545 Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Security Advisory SA51569 - Debian update for elinks - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2592-1 elinks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Public Git Hosting - elinks.git/blobdiff - src/protocol/http/http_negotiate.c af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 repo.or.cz
403 Forbidden af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.elinks.cz
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:075 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
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