CVE-2010-1585

NameCVE-2010-1585
DescriptionThe nsIScriptableUnescapeHTML.parseFragment method in the ParanoidFragmentSink protection mechanism in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.17 and 3.6.x before 3.6.14, Thunderbird before 3.1.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.12 does not properly sanitize HTML in a chrome document, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via a javascript: URI in input to an extension, as demonstrated by a javascript:alert sequence in (1) the HREF attribute of an A element or (2) the ACTION attribute of a FORM element.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2180-1, DSA-2186-1, DSA-2187-1

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
iceapesourcelenny(not affected)
iceapesourcesqueeze2.0.11-3DSA-2180-1
iceapesource(unstable)2.0.12-1
icedovesourcelenny(unfixed)end-of-life
icedovesourcesqueeze3.0.11-1+squeeze1DSA-2187-1
icedovesource(unstable)3.0.11-2
iceweaselsourcelenny(not affected)
iceweaselsourcesqueeze3.5.16-5DSA-2186-1
iceweaselsource(unstable)3.5.17-1
xulrunnersourcelenny1.9.0.19-8
xulrunnersource(unstable)(unfixed)unimportant

Notes

[lenny] - iceweasel <not-affected> (Lenny's iceweasel uses Xulrunner from the xulrunner source pkg)
[lenny] - iceape <not-affected> (Only a stub package)
xulrunner in wheezy is not covered by security support

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