CVE-2009-4629 (GCVE-0-2009-4629)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-01-29 18:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 02:58
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://secure.grepular.com/DNS_Prefetch_Exposure… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=492196 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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