DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2945

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2945

    Published: 15 Sept 2009Last Modified: 31 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2009-2945

    Summary:

    Details: weblogin/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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2945

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: webauth

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/webauth?arch=source&distro=bullseye

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.6.2-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High