Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 2, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-0590
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.
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Affected products
47cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 9 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <1.0.1
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 22 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.4:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.5:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.5:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.6:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.6:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <1.7.6
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 13 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:0.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <1.0.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
11- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdPatch
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-17.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/19823nvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/12659nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100041nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10010nvd
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