CVE-2008-3172
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264
Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
14/07/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025
Description
Opera allows web sites to set cookies for country-specific top-level domains that have DNS A records, such as co.tv, which could allow remote attackers to perform a session fixation attack and hijack a user's HTTP session, aka "Cross-Site Cooking."
Impact
Base Score 2.0
6.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://crisp.tweakblogs.net/blog/ie-and-2-letter-domain-names.html
- http://kuza55.blogspot.com/2008/02/understanding-cookie-security.html
- http://o.bulport.com/index.php?item=55
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=252342
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43951
- http://crisp.tweakblogs.net/blog/ie-and-2-letter-domain-names.html
- http://kuza55.blogspot.com/2008/02/understanding-cookie-security.html
- http://o.bulport.com/index.php?item=55
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=252342
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43951



