CVE-2005-0590

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.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.77% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory mozilla.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12659	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823	third party advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-17.html	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100041	vdb entry signature
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=268059	patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10010	vdb entry signature
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.html	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html	vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml	patch vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xml	patch vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-0590?: CVE-2005-0590 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-0590?: To fix CVE-2005-0590, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-0590 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-0590 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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