CVE-2008-3662 (GCVE-0-2008-3662)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-09-18 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:45
VLAI
Summary
Gallery before 1.5.9, and 2.x before 2.2.6, does not set the secure flag for the session cookie in an https session, which can cause the cookie to be sent in http requests and make it easier for remote attackers to capture this cookie.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2339 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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http://secunia.com/advisories/33144 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/32662 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496509/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31231 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://int21.de/cve/CVE-2008-3662-gallery.html x_refsource_MISC
http://gallery.menalto.com/gallery_2.2.6_released x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://gallery.menalto.com/gallery_1.5.9_released x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2008/Sep/0379.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Date Public
2008-09-18 00:00
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