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CVE-2010-4508 (GCVE-0-2010-4508)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-12-09 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 03:51
VLAI
Summary
The WebSockets implementation in Mozilla Firefox 4 through 4.0 Beta 7 does not properly perform proxy upgrade negotiation, which has unspecified impact and remote attack vectors, related to an "inherent problem" with the WebSocket specification.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://osvdb.org/69758 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/2010-12-07 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2010-12-07 00:00
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