National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-6506

Overview

The "Feed Preview" feature in Mozilla Firefox 2.0 before 2.0.0.1 sends the URL of the feed when requesting favicon.ico icons, which results in a privacy leak that might allow feed viewing services to determine browsing habits.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA06-354A

Name: TA06-354A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.html

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-0083

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-5068

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5068

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-398-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-1

External Source: BID

Name: 21668

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2007:006

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_06_mozilla.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2006:080

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_80_mozilla.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-75.html

Hyperlink:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-75.html

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.legroom.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=215

Hyperlink:http://www.legroom.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=215

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1017421

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1017421

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200701-02

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-02.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23672

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23672

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23614

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23614

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23589

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23589

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23545

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23545

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23282

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23282

External Source: HP

Name: SSRT061181

Hyperlink:http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742

External Source: HP

Name: HPSBUX02153

Hyperlink:http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742