Upstream information

CVE-2013-2503 at MITRE

Description

Privoxy before 3.0.21 does not properly handle Proxy-Authenticate and Proxy-Authorization headers in the client-server data stream, which makes it easier for remote HTTP servers to spoof the intended proxy service via a 407 (aka Proxy Authentication Required) HTTP status code.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 5.8 5.8
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network Network
Access Complexity Medium Medium
Authentication None None
Confidentiality Impact Partial Partial
Integrity Impact Partial Partial
Availability Impact None None
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 809123 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

    openSUSE-SU-2013:0564-1

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 13:32:19 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:19:09 2025