firefox: Does not choose the challenge with the strongest authentication scheme available as required by RFC2617
Published Jul 27, 2005
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.38%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox
Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.38% (0.02375) | 83.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.38% (0.02375) | 81.61th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.84% (0.00839) | 73.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.73% (0.00730) | 81.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 3, 2024 | 0.73% (0.00730) | 80.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 7, 2024 | 0.76% (0.00756) | 80.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 16, 2023 | 0.76% (0.00756) | 78.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 2, 2023 | 0.53% (0.00534) | 73.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.50% (0.00500) | 72.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 53.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 51.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (11)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.osvdb.org/19002 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5PP0L00GUQ.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/405666 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14325 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2395 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=281851 x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=887259 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22272 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2395
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2395
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/19002 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5PP0L00GUQ.html | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/405666 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14325 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2395 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=281851 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=887259 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22272 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2395 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2395 |
Change history (0)
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