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Originally Published: Wednesday, 27 October 1999 | Author: Quentin Cregan |
Published to: news_enhance_security/Security News | Page: 1/1 - [Printable] |
Squid 2.2 Issues.
After decoding the base64 encoded "user:password" pair
given by the client, squid doesn't strip out any '\n' or
'\r' found in the resulting string. Given such a string,
any external authenticator will receive two lines instead
of one, and most probably send two results. Now, any subsequent authentification exchange will has its answer
shifted by one. Therefore, a malicious user can gain
access to sites he or she should not have access to. Click more for the stable5 patch.
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