CVE-2005-2395 (GCVE-0-2005-2395)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-07-27 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 22:22
VLAI
Summary
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4 and 1.0.5 does not choose the challenge with the strongest authentication scheme available as required by RFC2617, which might cause credentials to be sent in plaintext even if an encrypted channel is available.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
7 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.osvdb.org/19002 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=281851 | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/405666 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5PP0L00GUQ.html | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14325 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
Date Public
2005-07-19 00:00
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