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>> Frox Deny ACLs "parse_match()" Security Bypass Vulnerability

Title : Frox Deny ACLs "parse_match()" Security Bypass Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-0113
CVE ID : GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH
CWE ID : CWE-
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-02-08


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A security bypass issue was reported in Frox, which may be exploited by malicious users to connect to a blocked host via the Frox proxy. The problem resides in the "parse_match()" [config.c] function when parsing Access Control Lists (ACLs), which can be exploited to contact hosts that the administrator intended to block.

Affected Products

Frox version 0.7.17
Frox version 0.7.16

Solution

Frox version 0.7.18 :
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=26940

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0113
http://www.hollo.org/frox/ChangeLog

Credits

Vulnerability reported by James Hollingshead

ChangeLog

2005-02-08 : Initial release

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