Your submission was sent successfully! Close

Thank you for contacting us. A member of our team will be in touch shortly. Close

You have successfully unsubscribed! Close

Thank you for signing up for our newsletter!
In these regular emails you will find the latest updates about Ubuntu and upcoming events where you can meet our team.Close

CVE-2008-5505

Publication date 17 December 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 allows remote attackers to bypass intended privacy restrictions by using the persist attribute in an XUL element to create and access data entities that are similar to cookies.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox-3.0 8.10 intrepid
Fixed 3.0.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 3.0.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
7.10 gutsy Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
xulrunner-1.9 8.10 intrepid
Fixed 1.9.0.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 1.9.0.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
7.10 gutsy Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-690-1
    • Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities
    • 17 December 2008

Other references