CVE-2009-2945

NameCVE-2009-2945
Descriptionweblogin/login.fcgi (aka the WebLogin login script) in Stanford University WebAuth 3.5.5, 3.6.0, and 3.6.1 places passwords in URLs in certain circumstances involving conversion of a POST request to a GET request, which allows context-dependent attackers to discover passwords by reading (1) web-server access logs, (2) web-server Referer logs, or (3) the browser history.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
webauth (PTS)buster4.7.0-7fixed
bullseye4.7.0-8fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
webauthsourceetch(not affected)
webauthsourcelenny3.6.0-1+lenny1
webauthsource(unstable)3.6.2-1low

Notes

[etch] - webauth <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)

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