CVE-2013-2503

high

Description

Privoxy 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.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00118.html

http://ijbswa.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ijbswa/current/ChangeLog?revision=1.188&view=markup

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2013-03-11

Updated: 2013-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High