First published: Mon Feb 28 2005(Updated: )
The installation confirmation dialog in Firefox before 1.0.1, Thunderbird before 1.0.1, and Mozilla before 1.7.6 allows remote attackers to use InstallTrigger to spoof the hostname of the host performing the installation via a long "user:pass" sequence in the URL, which appears before the real hostname.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Mozilla Thunderbird | =0.6 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.8 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird | =0.7.2 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird | =0.3 | |
Mozilla Mozilla | =1.7-alpha | |
Mozilla Thunderbird | =0.2 | |
Mozilla Mozilla | =1.7-rc1 | |
Mozilla Mozilla | =1.5-rc2 | |
Mozilla Mozilla | =1.7 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.9.1 | |
Mozilla Mozilla | =1.7.5 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.10.1 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird | =1.0 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.9 | |
Mozilla Mozilla | =1.6-beta | |
Mozilla Mozilla | =1.4.1 | |
Mozilla Mozilla | =1.5-alpha | |
Mozilla Mozilla | =1.5-rc1 | |
Mozilla Mozilla | =1.3 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.0 | |
Mozilla Mozilla | =1.7-beta | |
Mozilla Mozilla | =1.4 | |
Mozilla Mozilla | =1.5 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird | =0.5 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird | =0.9 | |
Mozilla Mozilla | =1.7.1 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird | =0.7.3 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.9.3 | |
Mozilla Mozilla | =1.4-alpha | |
Mozilla Thunderbird | =0.4 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird | =0.7 | |
Mozilla Mozilla | =1.5.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.9.2 | |
Mozilla Mozilla | =1.7.2 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird | =0.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.9-rc | |
Mozilla Mozilla | =1.7-rc3 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird | =0.7.1 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird | =0.8 | |
Mozilla Mozilla | =1.7-rc2 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.10 | |
Mozilla Mozilla | =1.7.3 | |
Mozilla Mozilla | =1.6-alpha | |
Mozilla Mozilla | =1.6 |
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CVE-2005-0590 is classified as a moderate severity vulnerability.
To fix CVE-2005-0590, update your Firefox or Thunderbird to version 1.0.1 or later.
CVE-2005-0590 affects multiple versions of Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird prior to version 1.0.1 and Mozilla prior to version 1.7.6.
CVE-2005-0590 allows remote attackers to spoof the hostname when performing installations.
CVE-2005-0590 was disclosed in March 2005.