CVE-2008-1238

CVE Details

Release Date:	2008-03-27
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

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.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	5.0
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (seamonkey)	ELSA-2008-0208	2008-03-28
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (firefox)	ELSA-2008-0207	2008-03-27
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (seamonkey)	ELSA-2008-0208	2008-03-28
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2008-0209	2008-04-03
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)	ELSA-2008-0207	2008-03-27