Security Advisory

CVE-2016-7152

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2016-09-06 10:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-06 01:50:47
Assigner mitre
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

Description

The HTTPS protocol does not consider the role of the TCP congestion window in providing information about content length, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain cleartext data by leveraging a web-browser configuration in which third-party cookies are sent, aka a "HEIST" attack.