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National Vulnerability Database

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2011-1499 Detail

Description

acl.c in Tinyproxy before 1.8.3, when an Allow configuration setting specifies a CIDR block, permits TCP connections from all IP addresses, which makes it easier for remote attackers to hide the origin of web traffic by leveraging the open HTTP proxy server.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=621493 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Patch 
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/07/9 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/08/3 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/44274 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2222 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://banu.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=90 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
https://banu.com/cgit/tinyproxy/diff/?id=e8426f6662dc467bd1d827100481b95d9a4a23e4 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694658 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67256 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-16 Configuration cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-1499
NVD Published Date:
04/29/2011
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.