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
- 20080123 Syhunt: HFS (HTTP File Server) Username Spoofing and Log Forging/Injection Vulnerability mailing-list
- hfs-username-spoofing(39877) vdb-entry
- http://www.rejetto.com/hfs/?f=wn
- 27423 vdb-entry
- http://www.syhunt.com/advisories/hfs-1-username.txt
- http://www.syhunt.com/advisories/hfshack.txt
- 28631 third-party-advisory
- 3582 third-party-advisory