--- title: "CVE-2007-5960\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-5960?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2007-5960 Publication date 26 November 2007 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Low** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.10 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.7 sets the Referer header to the window or frame in which script is running, instead of the address of the content that initiated the script, which allows remote attackers to spoof HTTP Referer headers and bypass Referer-based CSRF protection schemes by setting window.location and using a modal alert dialog that causes the wrong Referer to be sent. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | firefox | 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 2.0.0.10+2nobinonly-0ubuntu1.7.10.1 | | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 2.0.0.10+1nobinonly-0ubuntu1 | | 6.10 edgy | Fixed 2.0.0.10+0nobinonly-0ubuntu0.6.10 | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.14~prepatch071125a-0ubuntu1 | --- * [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-2007-5960) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5960) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-5960) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5960) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-546-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-546-1) + Firefox vulnerabilities + 26 November 2007 ### Other references *