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CVE-2002-0916

Format string vulnerability in the allowuser code for the Stellar-X msntauth authentication module, as distributed in Squid 2.4.STABLE6 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format strings in the user name, which are not properly handled in a syslog call.

Published: Oct 4, 2002 Modified: Jun 16, 2026

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Affected Products (1)

Vendor Product Version
stellar-x_software msntauth *

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-5m3q-wwrg-m59p

Format string vulnerability in the allowuser code for the Stellar-X msntauth authentication...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 7.5 / 10
EPSS Score 2.94%

Top 14% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 30.9 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub