National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-6506
Original release date:12/20/2006
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
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):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA06-354A
Name: TA06-354A
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-398-1
External Source: BID
Name: 21668
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2007:006
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2006:080
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: 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
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-5068
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1017421
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200701-02
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 23672
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 23614
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 23589
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 23545
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 23282
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-0083
External Source: HP
Name: SSRT061181