Bug 149929 - CAN-2005-0584 HTTP auth prompt tab spoofing
Summary: CAN-2005-0584 HTTP auth prompt tab spoofing
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: firefox
Version: 4.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Christopher Aillon
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Whiteboard: impact=moderate,public=20050224
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-02-28 20:53 UTC by Josh Bressers
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2005-03-01 19:02:05 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2005:176 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: firefox security update 2005-03-01 05:00:00 UTC

Description Josh Bressers 2005-02-28 20:53:46 UTC 
The HTTP authentication prompt appears above the currently open tab regardless
of which tab triggered it. A spoofer who could get a user to open a high value
target in another tab might be able to capture the user's ID and password. HTTP
auth dialogs are visually distinct from the web form logins used by most
commercial sites, and the HTTP auth dialog clearly states which host it's for.
Exploitation of this seems unlikely.

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-24.html
Comment 1 Josh Bressers 2005-03-01 19:02:05 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-176.html
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