Overview
DansGuardian does not properly filter
Description
DansGuardian is an HTTP proxy server based on Squid and enhanced to filter web content. DansGuardian does not properly process URLs that contain certain unspecified hexadecimal encodings, resulting in incomplete filtering of HTTP responses. Users may be able to violate security policies or inadvertently access malicious code by following a malicious web link or requesting a malicious URL. |
Impact
Security policies may be violated and malicious code may be accessed. |
Solution
Upgrade Upgrade to version 2.4.5-1 of DansGuardian: |
Vendor Information
940203
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
Acknowledgements
Thanks to DansGuardian for reporting this vulnerability.
This document was written by Shawn Van Ittersum.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | None |
| Severity Metric: | 1.32 |
| Date Public: | 2002-07-22 |
| Date First Published: | 2002-09-26 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2002-09-26 22:05 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 3 |