Improper Authentication Affecting seamonkey package, versions [,1.1.9)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.21% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-SEAMONKEY-2379662
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed27 Mar 2008
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 Mar 2008

CVE-2008-1238  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade seamonkey to version 1.1.9 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication. 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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