CVE-2014-8639

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-8639
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermozilla
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-01-14 11:59:07 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionMozilla Firefox before 35.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.4, Thunderbird before 31.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.32 do not properly interpret Set-Cookie headers within responses that have a 407 (aka Proxy Authentication Required) status code, which allows remote HTTP proxy servers to conduct session fixation attacks by providing a cookie name that corresponds to the session cookie of the origin server.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox 31.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 31.1.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 31.1.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 31.3.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 31.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
openSUSE-SU-2015:0133-1: moderate: Security update for MozillaThunderbir af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Oracle Solaris Third Party Bulletin - April 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Cookie injection through Proxy Authenticate responses — Mozilla af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:0192-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Security Advisory SA62304 - Oracle Linux update for thunderbird - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Advisory SA62253 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
linux.oracle.com | ELSA-2015-0046 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 linux.oracle.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:0180-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Security Advisory SA62237 - Debian update for iceweasel - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Advisory SA62273 - Red Hat update for firefox - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Advisory SA62316 - Mozilla SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Advisory SA62250 - Ubuntu update for firefox - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Security Advisory SA62293 - Oracle Linux update for firefox - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Advisory SA62315 - Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Advisory SA62657 - SUSE update for MozillaThunderbird - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:0077-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Security Advisory SA62242 - Ubuntu update for ubufox - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:0171-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
1095859 – (CVE-2014-8639) Cookie injection by Proxy with 407 response af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
Mozilla Firefox Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Conduct Cross-Site Request Forgery Attacks, and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Security Advisory SA62274 - Red Hat update for thunderbird - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
linux.oracle.com | ELSA-2015-0047 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 linux.oracle.com
Security Advisory SA62313 - Mozilla Firefox ESR Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Advisory SA62259 - Debian update for icedove - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-2460-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:0173-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Security Advisory SA62283 - Ubuntu update for thunderbird - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Conduct Cross-Site Request Forgery Attacks, and Conduct Session Fixation Attacks - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3132-1 icedove af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Security Advisory SA62446 - Waterfox Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3127-1 iceweasel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:1266-1: important: Mozilla (Firefox af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Security Advisory SA62790 - SUSE update for seamonkey - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Proxy Authentication Session Fixation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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