CVE-2012-4545
elinks - programming error
EPSS 0.47%
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.
How to fix CVE-2012-4545
To remediate CVE-2012-4545, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/elinks—upgrade to 0.12~pre5-9 or later
- Debian/elinks—upgrade to 0.12~pre5-2+squeeze1 or later
Is CVE-2012-4545 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 0.12~pre5-9
- from 0, < 0.12~pre5-2+squeeze1