CVE-1999-1481 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-1999-1481

Squid 2.2.STABLE5 and below, when using external authentication, allows attackers...

Vulnerability Description

Squid 2.2.STABLE5 and below, when using external authentication, allows attackers to bypass access controls via a newline in the user/password pair.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

national science foundation

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Affected Software

squid web proxy
Vulnerable Versions:
1.0, 1.0novm, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2

Timeline

Official Publish: March 9th, 2002
Last Modified: August 1st, 2024
Added to House: July 17th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.