CVE-2002-0916

critical

Description

Format string vulnerability in the allowuser code for the Stellar-X msntauth authentication module, as distributed in Squid 2.4.STABLE6 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format strings in the user name, which are not properly handled in a syslog call.

References

http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.4/diff-2.4.STABLE6-2.4.STABLE7.gz

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4929

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9248.php

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/275347

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0087.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2002-10-04

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02682