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CVE-2008-5508
Published: Dec 17, 2008
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
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 does not properly parse URLs with leading whitespace or control characters, which might allow remote attackers to misrepresent URLs and simplify phishing attacks.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
32882
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
33408
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
DSA-1697
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
mozilla-urlparsing-weak-security(47414)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11040
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
1021426
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
33205
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
33421
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
RHSA-2008:1036
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
ADV-2009-0977
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
USN-690-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-66.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
USN-701-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
33231
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
MDVSA-2008:245
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
USN-690-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
MDVSA-2009:012
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
33203
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
33433
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
DSA-1707
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=425046
x_refsource_MISC
33216
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
256408
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUNALERT
RHSA-2008:1037
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
DSA-1704
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
DSA-1696
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
33204
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
USN-701-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
33184
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
RHSA-2009:0002
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
258748
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUNALERT
MDVSA-2008:244
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460803
x_refsource_MISC
33415
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
33188
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
33523
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
35080
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
33547
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
33434
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
33189
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
34501
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
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