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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2017-7763: Vulnerability in Firefox, Thunderbird

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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2017-7763: Vulnerability in Firefox, Thunderbird

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
07/19/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/19/2017
Modified
02/01/2022

Description

Default fonts on OS X display some Tibetan characters as whitespace. When used in the addressbar as part of an IDN this can be used for domain name spoofing attacks. Note: This attack only affects OS X operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 54, Firefox ESR < 52.2, and Thunderbird < 52.2.

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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