Weak Authentication Scheme Selection Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4 and 1.0.5

Weak Authentication Scheme Selection Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4 and 1.0.5

CVE-2005-2395 · MEDIUM Severity

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

Mozilla 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.

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