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CVE-2006-4568 Detail

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.7 and SeaMonkey before 1.0.5 allows remote attackers to bypass the security model and inject content into the sub-frame of another site via targetWindow.frames[n].document.open(), which facilitates spoofing and other attacks.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060901-01-P.asc CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/21906 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21915 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/21940 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/21949 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21950 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22001 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22025 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22036 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22056 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22066 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22195 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22210 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22247 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22299 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22342 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22391 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22422 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22849 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/24711 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-19.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-04.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016855 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016856 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-224.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1192 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1210 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:168 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-61.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_54_mozilla.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0675.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0676.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446140/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20042 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-351-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-354-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-361-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1191 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3617 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1198 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00771742 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=343168 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28961 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-640 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9843 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-4568
NVD Published Date:
09/15/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.