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title: "CVE-2006-1740\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2006-1740

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

Mozilla Firefox 1.x before 1.5 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before
1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 allows remote attackers to spoof secure
site indicators such as the locked icon by opening the trusted site in a
popup window, then changing the location to a malicious site.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| firefox | 7.04 feisty | Not affected |
| 6.10 edgy | Not affected |
| 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 |

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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-2006-1740)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1740)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-1740)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-1740)

### 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

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-1740>
