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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2017-5419: Vulnerability in Thunderbird

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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2017-5419: Vulnerability in Thunderbird

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
07/19/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/19/2017
Modified
02/01/2022

Description

If a malicious site repeatedly triggers a modal authentication prompt, eventually the browser UI will become non-responsive, requiring shutdown through the operating system. This is a denial of service (DOS) attack. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52 and Thunderbird < 52.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-mail-thunderbird-52-2-0-0-175-3-22-0-3-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-mail-thunderbird-plugin-thunderbird-lightning-52-2-0-0-175-3-22-0-3-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-web-browser-firefox-52-2-0-0-175-3-22-0-2-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-web-browser-firefox-plugin-firefox-java-52-2-0-0-175-3-22-0-2-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-web-data-firefox-bookmarks-52-2-0-0-175-3-22-0-2-0

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