CVE-2010-0551
HTTP authentication implementation in Geo++ GNCASTER 1.4.0.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to read authentication headers of other users via a large request with an incorrect authentication attempt, which includes sensitive memory in the response. NOTE: this is referred to as a "memory leak" by some sources, but is better characterized as "memory disclosure."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 1.5% (74th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-0582)
- Published
- February 4, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-0582 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- geopp / geo++ gncaster
- geopp / geo++ gncaster
References
- http://osvdb.org/62015
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38323(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.redteam-pentesting.de/en/advisories/rt-sa-2010-003/-geo-r-gncaster-faulty-implementation-of-http-digest-authentication(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509199/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55978
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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