CVE-2009-4629

Mozilla Necko, as used in Thunderbird 3.0.1, SeaMonkey, and other applications, performs DNS prefetching even when the app type is APP_TYPE_MAIL or APP_TYPE_EDITOR, which makes it easier for remote attackers to determine the network location of the application's user by logging DNS requests, as demonstrated by DNS requests triggered by reading text/plain e-mail messages in Thunderbird.

CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=492196
https://secure.grepular.com/DNS_Prefetch_Exposure_on_Thunderbird_and_Webmail

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:3.0.1:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2010-01-29 18:30

Updated : 2024-02-04 17:54

NVD link : CVE-2009-4629

Mitre link : CVE-2009-4629

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2009-4629

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mozilla

seamonkey
thunderbird

CWE

CWE-200

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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