CVE-2005-2395

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-2395
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-07-27 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionMozilla 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.5 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Multiple Browser Weak Authentication Mechanism Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
281851 – (httpauthorder) CVE-2005-2395 Wrong scheme used when server offers both Basic and Digest auth [rfc2617 obsoletes rfc2068] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
SecuriTeam.com ™ - Mozilla / Mozilla Firefox Authentication Weakness af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securiteam.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
www.osvdb.org/19002 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
Mozilla / Mozilla Firefox authentication weakness - CXSecurity.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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