CVE-2012-4545

ELinks <0.12pre6 - Auth Bypass

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (8)

[Vendor Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0250.html

[Issue Tracking] http://bugzilla.elinks.cz/show_bug.cgi?id=1124

[Various Sources] http://repo.or.cz/w/elinks.git/blobdiff/89056e21fc7ab8e1c2d4e06ec9d0c6d01e70669a..da18694ff7dd0b67dfcb3c417fb0579b1e7d02d7:/src/protocol/http/http_negotiate.c

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/51569

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:075

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80882

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57065

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2592

Scores

EPSS 0.0047

EPSS Percentile 64.4%

Classification

CWE

CWE-287

Status draft

Affected Products (5)

elinks/elinks

elinks/elinks

elinks/elinks

elinks/elinks

elinks/elinks

Timeline

Published Jan 03, 2013

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026