CVE-2008-3171 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Apple Safari sends Referer headers containing https URLs to different https web sites, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information by reading Referer log data.

Published: 2008-07-14

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-3161	Apple Safari sends Referer headers containing https URLs to different https web sites, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information by reading Referer log data.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0026.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://kuza55.blogspot.com/2008/07/some-random-safari-notes.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30193
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43837

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Safari

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-07-14T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:28:41.231Z

Reserved: 2008-07-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-3171

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-07-14T23:41:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-3171

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-200

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