CVE-2012-4545

Summary

CVECVE-2012-4545
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-01-03 01:55:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-29 01:32:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-287

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
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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
403 Forbidden CONFIRM bugzilla.elinks.cz
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:075 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Security Advisory SA51569 - Debian update for elinks - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2592-1 elinks DEBIAN www.debian.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Public Git Hosting - elinks.git/blobdiff - src/protocol/http/http_negotiate.c CONFIRM repo.or.cz
ELinks CVE-2012-4545 Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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