CVE-2008-5913

Publication date 20 January 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

The Math.random function in the JavaScript implementation in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.10 and 3.6.x before 3.6.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.5, uses a random number generator that is seeded only once per browser session, which makes it easier for remote attackers to track a user, or trick a user into acting upon a spoofed pop-up message, by calculating the seed value, related to a "temporary footprint" and an "in-session phishing attack."

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
firefox	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 3.6.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
	9.10 karmic	Not in release
	9.04 jaunty	Not in release
	8.10 intrepid	Not in release
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life
	6.06 LTS dapper	Ignored end of life
xulrunner-1.9	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release
	9.10 karmic	Not in release
	9.04 jaunty	Ignored end of life
	8.10 intrepid	Ignored end of life, was needed
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release
xulrunner-1.9.1	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release
	9.10 karmic	Ignored end of life
	9.04 jaunty	Ignored end of life
	8.10 intrepid	Not in release
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release
xulrunner-1.9.2	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 1.9.2.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
	9.10 karmic	Fixed 1.9.2.7+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.2
	9.04 jaunty	Fixed 1.9.2.7+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.2
	8.10 intrepid	Not in release
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 1.9.2.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-930-4
Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities
23 July 2010

USN-930-1
Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities
29 June 2010

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5913