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title: "CVE-2006-1728\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2006-1728

Publication date 14 April 2006

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

Unspecified vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1.x before
1.5.0.2 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey
before 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown
vectors related to the crypto.generateCRMFRequest method.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| 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 |
| mozilla-thunderbird | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1.5.0.13-0ubuntu0.7.04 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 1.5.0.13-0ubuntu0.6.10 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.5.0.13-0ubuntu0.6.06 |
| xulrunner | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1.8.0.5-4.2 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 1.8.0.5-4.2 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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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-2006-1728)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1728)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-1728)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-1728)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-275-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-275-1)
+ Mozilla vulnerabilities
+ 28 April 2006

+ [USN-271-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-271-1)
+ Firefox vulnerabilities
+ 20 April 2006

+ [USN-276-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-276-1)
+ Thunderbird vulnerabilities
+ 3 May 2006

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-1728>
