CVE-2009-3376

NameCVE-2009-3376
DescriptionMozilla Firefox before 3.0.15 and 3.5.x before 3.5.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.0, does not properly handle a right-to-left override (aka RLO or U+202E) Unicode character in a download filename, which allows remote attackers to spoof file extensions via a crafted filename, as demonstrated by displaying a non-executable extension for an executable file.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1922-1

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
xulrunnersourceetch(unfixed)end-of-life
xulrunnersourcelenny1.9.0.15-0lenny1DSA-1922-1
xulrunnersource(unstable)1.9.1.4-1

Notes

[etch] - xulrunner <end-of-life> (Mozilla packages from oldstable no longer covered by security support)

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