CVE-2008-1238

Referrer spoofing bug

Published Mar 27, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 2.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1532-1 New xulrunner packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1534-1 New iceape packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1534-2 New iceape packages fix regression
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1535-1 New iceweasel packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-1246 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-592-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
References
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00002.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0208.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/29391 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/29526 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/29539 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/29541 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/29547 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/29550 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/29558 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/29560 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/29607 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/29616 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/29645 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/30327 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/30620 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sla.ckers.org/forum/read.php?10%2C20033 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-238492-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0128 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1532 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1534 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1535 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-18.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:080 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-16.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0207.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0209.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490196/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28448 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019703 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-592-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-087A.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0998/references cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1793/references cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41449 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1238 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9889 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1238 cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 8:17 AM
Reserved
Mar 10, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 27, 2008, 10:44 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:51 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Mar 25, 2008, 12:00 AM