Mozilla Necko, as used in Thunderbird 3.0.1, SeaMonkey, and other applications, performs DNS prefetching even when the app type is APP_TYPE_MAIL or APP_TYPE_EDITOR, which makes it easier for remote attackers to determine the network location of the application's user by logging DNS requests, as demonstrated by DNS requests triggered by reading text/plain e-mail messages in Thunderbird.
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Advisories
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EUVD |
EUVD-2009-4594 | Mozilla Necko, as used in Thunderbird 3.0.1, SeaMonkey, and other applications, performs DNS prefetching even when the app type is APP_TYPE_MAIL or APP_TYPE_EDITOR, which makes it easier for remote attackers to determine the network location of the application's user by logging DNS requests, as demonstrated by DNS requests triggered by reading text/plain e-mail messages in Thunderbird. |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-09-17T02:58:07.207Z
Reserved: 2010-01-29T00:00:00Z
Link: CVE-2009-4629
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2010-01-29T18:30:00.840
Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Link: CVE-2009-4629
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD