CVE-2008-5506
Medium
Description
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 allows remote attackers to bypass the same origin policy by causing the browser to issue an XMLHttpRequest to an attacker-controlled resource that uses a 302 redirect to a resource in a different domain, then reading content from the response, aka "response disclosure."
SeverityMedium
CVSS6.8
Exploit probability—
Product
Mozilla Firefox
PublishedDec 17, 2008
First seenDec 17, 2008
How to fix
Update
- mozilla firefox2.0.0.19, 3.0.5 or later
- mozilla seamonkey1.1.14 or later
- mozilla thunderbird2.0.0.19 or later
Vendor advisories
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| mozilla firefox | 2.0 ≤ v < 2.0.0.19, 3.0 ≤ v < 3.0.5 | 2.0.0.19, 3.0.5 |
| mozilla seamonkey | 1.0 ≤ v < 1.1.14 | 1.1.14 |
| mozilla thunderbird | 2.0 ≤ v < 2.0.0.19 | 2.0.0.19 |
| canonical ubuntu_linux | 6.06, 7.10, 8.04, 8.10 | — |
| debian debian_linux | 4.0, 5.0 | — |
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