CVE-2009-0356

Publication date 4 February 2009

Last updated 4 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.6 and SeaMonkey do not block links to the (1) about:plugins and (2) about:config URIs from .desktop files, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and execute arbitrary code with chrome privileges via vectors involving the URL field in a Desktop Entry section of a .desktop file, related to representation of about: URIs as jar:file:// URIs. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4582.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 8.10 intrepid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected
iceape 8.10 intrepid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
7.10 gutsy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
firefox-3.0 8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
iceweasel 8.10 intrepid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
7.10 gutsy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
seamonkey 8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
xulrunner 8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
xulrunner-1.9 8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

Notes

jdstrand

not a linux issue per asac

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