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HTTP File Server (HFS) before 2.2c tags HTTP request log...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 1, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 31, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

HTTP File Server (HFS) before 2.2c tags HTTP request log entries with the username sent during HTTP Basic Authentication, regardless of whether authentication succeeded, which might make it more difficult for an administrator to determine who made a remote request.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jan 29, 2008
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 1, 2022
Last updated Jan 31, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

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(80th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2008-0407

GHSA ID

GHSA-hgfm-c2w9-5xf5

Source code

No known source code

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