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.
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8
http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5PP0L00GUQ.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/405666
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14325
Source: MITRE
Published: 2005-07-27
Updated: 2017-07-11
Type: NVD-CWE-Other
Base Score: 5
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Impact Score: 2.9
Exploitability Score: 10
Severity: MEDIUM