CVE-1999-1481 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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

Published: 2002-03-09

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 5.8% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:national_science_foundation:squid_web_proxy:1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:national_science_foundation:squid_web_proxy:1.0novm:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:national_science_foundation:squid_web_proxy:1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:national_science_foundation:squid_web_proxy:2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:national_science_foundation:squid_web_proxy:2.2:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1462	Squid 2.2.STABLE5 and below, when using external authentication, allows attackers to bypass access controls via a newline in the user/password pair.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.05758.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/33295
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/741
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.2/bugs/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3433

History

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Subscriptions

National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:18:07.351Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1481

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1999-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1481

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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