CVE-2012-4545

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-01-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-287

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.

Affected products

Elinks: 0.12-pre1, 0.12-pre2, 0.12-pre3, 0.12-pre4, 0.12-pre5

References

http://bugzilla.elinks.cz/show_bug.cgi?id=1124
http://repo.or.cz/w/elinks.git/blobdiff/89056e21fc7ab8e1c2d4e06ec9d0c6d01e70669a..da18694ff7dd0b67dfcb3c417fb0579b1e7d02d7:/src/protocol/http/http_negotiate.c
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0250.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/51569
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2592
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:075
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57065
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80882
http://bugzilla.elinks.cz/show_bug.cgi?id=1124
http://repo.or.cz/w/elinks.git/blobdiff/89056e21fc7ab8e1c2d4e06ec9d0c6d01e70669a..da18694ff7dd0b67dfcb3c417fb0579b1e7d02d7:/src/protocol/http/http_negotiate.c
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0250.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/51569

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