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CVE-2008-7297 Detail

Description

Opera 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.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://code.google.com/p/browsersec/wiki/Part2#Same-origin_policy_for_cookies
http://code.google.com/p/browsersec/wiki/Part2#Same-origin_policy_for_cookies
http://michael-coates.blogspot.com/2010/01/cookie-forcing-trust-your-cookies-no.html
http://michael-coates.blogspot.com/2010/01/cookie-forcing-trust-your-cookies-no.html
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2008/11/cookie-forcing.html
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2008/11/cookie-forcing.html
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/02/some-less-obvious-benefits-of-hsts.html
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/02/some-less-obvious-benefits-of-hsts.html
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=660053 Patch 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=660053 Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-7297
NVD Published Date:
08/09/2011
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE