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ubuntu-cve-2013-2503

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2013-03-11 17:55

Modified

2025-07-16 04:50

Summary

Details

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.

Severity

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-2503	REPORT
	http://blog.c22.cc/2013/03/11/privoxy-proxy-authe…	REPORT
	http://ijbswa.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ijbswa/c…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2503	REPORT

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        "availability": "No subscription required",
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          {
            "binary_name": "privoxy",
            "binary_version": "3.0.21-2"
          }
        ]
      },
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      },
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  "aliases": [],
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  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2013-2503",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:50:16Z",
  "published": "2013-03-11T17:55:00Z",
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    },
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    },
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  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "medium",
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    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
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  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:42:52Z"
}

CVE-2013-2503 (GCVE-0-2013-2503)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-03-11 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 15:44

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

3 references

URL	Tags
http://blog.c22.cc/2013/03/11/privoxy-proxy-authe…	x_refsource_MISC
http://ijbswa.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ijbswa/c…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-0…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE

Date Public

2013-03-07 00:00

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Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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ubuntu-cve-2013-2503

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2013-2503 (GCVE-0-2013-2503)

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