CVE-2008-5505

NameCVE-2008-5505
DescriptionMozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 allows remote attackers to bypass intended privacy restrictions by using the persist attribute in an XUL element to create and access data entities that are similar to cookies.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
iceweaselsourceetch(unfixed)end-of-life
iceweaselsource(unstable)3.0.5-1

Notes

[etch] - iceweasel <end-of-life> (Etch Packages no longer covered by security support)
patch now available and will be checked for next patch round

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