CVE-2006-2786 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2006-2786: HTTP response smuggling vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4, when used with certain proxy servers, allows remote attackers to cause Firefox to interpret certain responses as if they were responses from two different sites via (1) invalid HTTP response headers with spaces

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2006-2786 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

thunderbird→ fixed in1.5.0.4-1urgency: medium

sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y thunderbird

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

thunderbird→ fixed in1.5.0.4-1urgency: medium

sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y thunderbird

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

thunderbird→ fixed in1.5.0.4-1urgency: medium

sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y thunderbird

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