CVE-1999-1481

Summary

CVE-1999-1481 is a vulnerability affecting Squid versions 2.2.STABLE5 and below. It allows unauthorized access when external authentication is used. attackers can bypass access controls by introducing a newline character between a user name and password in the authentication request. This vulnerability could potentially grant attackers unauthorized access to protected resources. It is recommended that affected systems be updated to a patched version of Squid as soon as possible to mitigate this risk.

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