vulnerability
CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-5383: Critical: firefox security update (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Jan 24, 2017 | Jan 27, 2017 | May 25, 2023 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jan 24, 2017
Added
Jan 27, 2017
Modified
May 25, 2023
Description
URLs containing certain unicode glyphs for alternative hyphens and quotes do not properly trigger punycode display, allowing for domain name spoofing attacks in the location bar. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.7, Firefox ESR < 45.7, and Firefox < 51.
Solutions
centos-upgrade-firefoxcentos-upgrade-firefox-debuginfocentos-upgrade-thunderbirdcentos-upgrade-thunderbird-debuginfo
References
Rapid7 Labs
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