CVE-2012-4545

medium

Published 2013-01-03 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.1

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`0.12~pre5-9`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`0.12~pre5-9`
debian	forky	fixed	`0.12~pre5-9`
debian	sid	fixed	`0.12~pre5-9`
debian	trixie	fixed	`0.12~pre5-9`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
elinks	elinks	`0.12`

References

CWEs

CWE-287

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.