CVE - CVE-2005-2395

CVE-ID
CVE-2005-2395	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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BID:14325 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14325 BUGTRAQ:20050719 Mozilla cleartext credentials leak bug report to excuse myself (Re[2]: NTLM HTTP Authentication is insecure by design - a new writeup by Amit Klein) URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/405666 MISC:http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5PP0L00GUQ.html MISC:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=281851 OSVDB:19002 URL:~~http://www.osvdb.org/19002~~ (Obsolete source) SREASON:8 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8 XF:mozilla-authentication-weakness(22272) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22272
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20050727	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20050727)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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