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Red Hat: CVE-2019-11717: CVE-2019-11717 Mozilla: Caret character improperly escaped in origins (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2019-11717: CVE-2019-11717 Mozilla: Caret character improperly escaped in origins (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
07/11/2019
Created
07/13/2019
Added
07/12/2019
Modified
12/15/2023

Description

A vulnerability exists where the caret ("^") character is improperly escaped constructing some URIs due to it being used as a separator, allowing for possible spoofing of origin attributes. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.8, Firefox < 68, and Thunderbird < 60.8.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-firefox
  • redhat-upgrade-firefox-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-firefox-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-thunderbird
  • redhat-upgrade-thunderbird-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-thunderbird-debugsource

References

  • CVE-2019-11717
  • RHSA-2019:1763
  • RHSA-2019:1764
  • RHSA-2019:1775
  • RHSA-2019:1799

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