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CVE-2008-5508

Published: 17 December 2008

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.

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
firefox
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper
Released (1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.15~prepatch080614i-0ubuntu1)
gutsy
Released (2.0.0.19+nobinonly1-0ubuntu0.7.10.1)
hardy
Released (2.0.0.19+nobinonly1-0ubuntu0.8.04.1)
intrepid Does not exist

jaunty Does not exist

karmic Does not exist

lucid
Released (3.0.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1)
maverick
Released (3.0.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1)
natty
Released (3.0.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1)
upstream
Released (2.0.0.19)
firefox-3.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

gutsy Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
hardy
Released (3.0.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1)
intrepid
Released (3.0.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1)
jaunty
Released (3.0.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu1)
karmic Does not exist

lucid Does not exist

maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

upstream
Released (3.0.5)
iceape
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

gutsy Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
hardy Does not exist

intrepid Does not exist

jaunty Does not exist

karmic Does not exist

lucid Does not exist

maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

upstream
Released (1.1.14)
mozilla-thunderbird
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper
Released (1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15~prepatch080614i-0ubuntu0.6.06.1)
gutsy Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

intrepid Does not exist

jaunty Does not exist

karmic Does not exist

lucid Does not exist

maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

seamonkey
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

gutsy Does not exist

hardy
Released (1.1.15+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.2)
intrepid
Released (1.1.15+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.2)
jaunty
Released (1.1.15+nobinonly-0ubuntu2)
karmic
Released (1.1.15+nobinonly-0ubuntu2)
lucid
Released (1.1.15+nobinonly-0ubuntu2)
maverick
Released (1.1.15+nobinonly-0ubuntu2)
natty
Released (1.1.15+nobinonly-0ubuntu2)
upstream
Released (1.1.14)
thunderbird
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

gutsy
Released (2.0.0.19+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10.1)
hardy
Released (2.0.0.19+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1)
intrepid
Released (2.0.0.19+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1)
jaunty
Released (2.0.0.19+nobinonly-0ubuntu1)
karmic
Released (2.0.0.19+nobinonly-0ubuntu1)
lucid
Released (2.0.0.19+nobinonly-0ubuntu1)
maverick
Released (2.0.0.19+nobinonly-0ubuntu1)
natty
Released (2.0.0.19+nobinonly-0ubuntu1)
upstream
Released (2.0.0.19)
xulrunner
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

gutsy
Released (1.8.1.18+nobinonly.b308.cvs20090331t155113-0ubuntu0.7.10.1)
hardy
Released (1.8.1.18+nobinonly.b308.cvs20090331t155113-0ubuntu0.8.04.1)
intrepid
Released (1.8.1.18+nobinonly.b308.cvs20090331t155113-0ubuntu0.8.10.1)
jaunty Ignored
(end of life)
karmic Ignored
(end of life)
lucid Does not exist

maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xulrunner-1.9
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

gutsy Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
hardy
Released (1.9.0.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1)
intrepid
Released (1.9.0.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1)
jaunty
Released (1.9.0.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu1)
karmic Does not exist

lucid Does not exist

maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage