CVE - CVE-2008-3172

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-3172	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Opera allows web sites to set cookies for country-specific top-level domains that have DNS A records, such as co.tv, which could allow remote attackers to perform a session fixation attack and hijack a user's HTTP session, aka "Cross-Site Cooking."
References
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MISC:http://crisp.tweakblogs.net/blog/ie-and-2-letter-domain-names.html MISC:http://kuza55.blogspot.com/2008/02/understanding-cookie-security.html MISC:http://o.bulport.com/index.php?item=55 MISC:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=252342 XF:opera-cookie-session-hijacking(43951) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43951
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20080714	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 (20080714)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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