Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 and 2.x before 2.0.0.19, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 does not properly parse URLs with leading whitespace or control characters, which might allow remote attackers to misrepresent URLs and simplify phishing attacks.
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Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DSA |
DSA-1696-1 | New icedove packages fix several vulnerabilities |
Debian DSA |
DSA-1697-1 | New iceape packages fix several vulnerabilities |
Debian DSA |
DSA-1704-1 | New xulrunner packages fix several vulnerabilities |
Debian DSA |
DSA-1707-1 | New iceweasel packages fix several vulnerabilities |
EUVD |
EUVD-2008-5485 | Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 and 2.x before 2.0.0.19, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 does not properly parse URLs with leading whitespace or control characters, which might allow remote attackers to misrepresent URLs and simplify phishing attacks. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-690-1 | Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-690-2 | Firefox vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-701-1 | Thunderbird vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-701-2 | Thunderbird vulnerabilities |
Fixes
Solution
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Workaround
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References
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T10:56:47.189Z
Reserved: 2008-12-12T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2008-5508
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2008-12-17T23:30:00.593
Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490
Link: CVE-2008-5508
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN