CVE-2002-0916

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-10-04 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Stellar-X Software Msntauth: through 2.0.3

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0087.html
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/275347
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9248.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4929
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.4/diff-2.4.STABLE6-2.4.STABLE7.gz
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0087.html
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/275347
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9248.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4929
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.4/diff-2.4.STABLE6-2.4.STABLE7.gz

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