CVE - CVE-2005-0590

CVE-ID
CVE-2005-0590	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The installation confirmation dialog in Firefox before 1.0.1, Thunderbird before 1.0.1, and Mozilla before 1.7.6 allows remote attackers to use InstallTrigger to spoof the hostname of the host performing the installation via a long "user:pass" sequence in the URL, which appears before the real hostname.
References
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MISC:12659 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12659 MISC:19823 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/19823 MISC:GLSA-200503-10 URL:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xml MISC:GLSA-200503-30 URL:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml MISC:RHSA-2005:176 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.html MISC:RHSA-2005:384 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html MISC:SUSE-SA:2006:022 URL:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html MISC:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-17.html URL:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-17.html MISC:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=268059 URL:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=268059 MISC:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:100041 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100041 MISC:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10010 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10010
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20050228	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20050228)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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