CVE-2008-1238
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Mar 27, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Mar 10, 2008
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.13 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9, when generating the HTTP Referer header, does not list the entire URL when it contains Basic Authentication credentials without a username, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass application protection mechanisms that rely on Referer headers, such as with some Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) mechanisms.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 20080327 rPSA-2008-0128-1 firefoxmailing-list
- 29541third-party-advisory
- 29539third-party-advisory
- 1019703vdb-entry
- 30620third-party-advisory
- 29560third-party-advisory
- DSA-1532vendor-advisory
- 30327third-party-advisory
- 238492vendor-advisory
- USN-592-1vendor-advisory
- 29616third-party-advisory
- 29550third-party-advisory
- 29645third-party-advisory
- 29607third-party-advisory
- ADV-2008-1793vdb-entry
- 29558third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9889vdb-entrysignature
- RHSA-2008:0208vendor-advisory
- 29526third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2008:019vendor-advisory
- TA08-087Athird-party-advisory
- 29391third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2008:0209vendor-advisory
- 28448vdb-entry
- RHSA-2008:0207vendor-advisory
- mozilla-http-referrer-spoofing(41449)vdb-entry
- DSA-1534vendor-advisory
- 29547third-party-advisory
- http://sla.ckers.org/forum/read.php?10%2C20033
- GLSA-200805-18vendor-advisory
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0128
- ADV-2008-0998vdb-entry
- DSA-1535vendor-advisory
- MDVSA-2008:080vendor-advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-16.html
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