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title: "CVE-2005-0149\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2005-0149

Publication date 15 February 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Thunderbird 0.6 through 0.9 and Mozilla 1.7 through 1.7.3 does not obey the
network.cookie.disableCookieForMailNews preference, which could allow
remote attackers to bypass the user's intended privacy and security policy
by using cookies in e-mail messages.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mozilla | 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.10 edgy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |
| mozilla-thunderbird | 7.04 feisty | Not affected |
| 6.10 edgy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0149)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0149)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2005-0149)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0149)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0149>
