CVE-2006-6506

Publication date 20 December 2006

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Description

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 7.04 feisty
Fixed 2.0.0.6+1-0ubuntu1
6.10 edgy
Fixed 2.0.0.6+0dfsg-0ubuntu0.6.10
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.13~prepatch070731-0ubuntu1
firefox-granparadiso 7.04 feisty Not in release
6.10 edgy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
lightning-sunbird 7.04 feisty Not in release
6.10 edgy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
midbrowser 7.04 feisty Not in release
6.10 edgy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-398-1
    • Firefox vulnerabilities
    • 3 January 2007

Other references