CVE - CVE-2008-7293

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-7293	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 4 cannot properly restrict modifications to cookies established in HTTPS sessions, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to overwrite or delete arbitrary cookies via a Set-Cookie header in an HTTP response, related to lack of the HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) includeSubDomains feature, aka a "cookie forcing" issue.
References
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MISC:http://code.google.com/p/browsersec/wiki/Part2#Same-origin_policy_for_cookies MISC:http://michael-coates.blogspot.com/2010/01/cookie-forcing-trust-your-cookies-no.html MISC:http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2008/11/cookie-forcing.html MISC:http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/02/some-less-obvious-benefits-of-hsts.html MISC:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=660053 CONFIRM:http://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/08/firefox-4-http-strict-transport-security-force-https/
Assigning CNA
N/A
Date Entry Created
20110809	Disclaimer: The entry 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 (20110809)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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