FKIE_CVE-2017-5383

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-06-11 21:29 - Updated: 2025-11-25 17:50
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Summary
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.
References
security@mozilla.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0190.htmlThird Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0238.htmlThird Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95769Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037693Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1323338Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1324716Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-13Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-22Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3771Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3832Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-02/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-03/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0190.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0238.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95769Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037693Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1323338Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1324716Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-13Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-22Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3771Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3832Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-02/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-03/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
debian debian_linux 8.0
redhat enterprise_linux 5.0
redhat enterprise_linux 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 5.0
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server 5.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.3
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.4
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.3
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.4
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.5
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 5.0
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0
mozilla thunderbird *
mozilla firefox *
mozilla firefox *
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