CVE-2013-2503

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-2503
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-03-11 17:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionPrivoxy before 3.0.21 does not properly handle Proxy-Authenticate and Proxy-Authorization headers in the client-server data stream, which makes it easier for remote HTTP servers to spoof the intended proxy service via a 407 (aka Proxy Authentication Required) HTTP status code.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Privoxy Privoxy 2.9.0 pre-alpha All All
Application Privoxy Privoxy 2.9.1 pre-alpha All All
Application Privoxy Privoxy 2.9.11 alpha All All
Application Privoxy Privoxy 2.9.11 beta All All
Application Privoxy Privoxy 2.9.11 pre-alpha All All
Application Privoxy Privoxy 2.9.12 beta All All
Application Privoxy Privoxy 2.9.13 beta All All
Application Privoxy Privoxy 2.9.14 beta All All
Application Privoxy Privoxy 2.9.16 All All All
Application Privoxy Privoxy 2.9.18 All All All
Application Privoxy Privoxy 2.9.2 pre-alpha All All
Application Privoxy Privoxy 2.9.3 pre-alpha All All
Application Privoxy Privoxy 3.0 All All All
Application Privoxy Privoxy 3.0.10 All All All
Application Privoxy Privoxy 3.0.11 All All All
Application Privoxy Privoxy 3.0.12 All All All
Application Privoxy Privoxy 3.0.13 beta All All
Application Privoxy Privoxy 3.0.14 beta All All
Application Privoxy Privoxy 3.0.15 beta All All
Application Privoxy Privoxy 3.0.16 All All All
Application Privoxy Privoxy 3.0.17 All All All
Application Privoxy Privoxy 3.0.18 All All All
Application Privoxy Privoxy 3.0.19 All All All
Application Privoxy Privoxy 3.0.2 All All All
Application Privoxy Privoxy 3.0.3 All All All
Application Privoxy Privoxy 3.0.5 beta All All
Application Privoxy Privoxy 3.0.6 All All All
Application Privoxy Privoxy 3.0.7 beta All All
Application Privoxy Privoxy 3.0.8 All All All
Application Privoxy Privoxy 3.0.9 beta All All
Application Privoxy Privoxy All beta All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVS Info for project ijbswa af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ijbswa.cvs.sourceforge.net
openSUSE-SU-2013:0564-1: moderate: privoxy: update to 3.0.21 to fix secu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Privoxy Proxy Authentication Credential Exposure – CVE-2013-2503 | Cатсн²² (in)sесuяitу / ChrisJohnRiley af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.c22.cc Exploit
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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