CVE-2008-0591

NameCVE-2008-0591
DescriptionMozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12 and Thunderbird before 2.0.0.12 does not properly manage a delay timer used in confirmation dialogs, which might allow remote attackers to trick users into confirming an unsafe action, such as remote file execution, by using a timer to change the window focus, aka the "dialog refocus bug" or "ffclick2".
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1484-1, DSA-1485-2, DSA-1489-1, DSA-1506-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
icedove (PTS)jessie1:52.3.0-4~deb8u2fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
iceapesourceetch1.0.12~pre080131b-0etch1DSA-1506-1
iceapesource(unstable)1.1.9-1
icedovesourceetch1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1-0etch2DSA-1485-2
icedovesource(unstable)2.0.0.12-1
iceweaselsourceetch2.0.0.12-0etch1DSA-1489-1
iceweaselsource(unstable)2.0.0.12-1
xulrunnersourceetch1.8.0.15~pre080131b-0etch1DSA-1484-1
xulrunnersource(unstable)1.8.1.12-1
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