CVE-2013-2503

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.8 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2013-03-11

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected products

• Privoxy (Privoxy)

References

• http://blog.c22.cc/2013/03/11/privoxy-proxy-authentication-credential-exposure-cve-2013-2503/
• http://ijbswa.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ijbswa/current/ChangeLog?revision=1.188&view=markup
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00118.html