CVE-2008-1238

CVE Details

Release Date:

2008-03-27

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.

See more information about CVE-2008-1238 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	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

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