Opera, possibly before 9.25, uses the HTTP Host header to determine the context of a document provided in a (1) 4xx or (2) 5xx CONNECT response from a proxy server, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary web script by modifying this CONNECT response, aka an "SSL tampering" attack.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-2055 Opera, possibly before 9.25, uses the HTTP Host header to determine the context of a document provided in a (1) 4xx or (2) 5xx CONNECT response from a proxy server, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary web script by modifying this CONNECT response, aka an "SSL tampering" attack.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-17T02:20:59.240Z

Reserved: 2009-06-15T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2009-2059

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2009-06-15T19:30:05.437

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2009-2059

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