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CVE-2017-5383

URLs containing certain unicode glyphs for alternative hyphens and quotes do not properly trigger punycode display, allowing for domain name spoofing attacks i…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
DebianDebian Linux
Version 8.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux
Versions 5.0, 6.0, 7.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Desktop
Versions 5.0, 6.0, 7.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Server
Versions 5.0, 6.0, 7.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Server Aus
Versions 7.3, 7.4
RedhatEnterprise Linux Server Eus
Versions 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
RedhatEnterprise Linux Workstation
Versions 5.0, 6.0, 7.0
MozillaThunderbird
before 45.7.0
MozillaFirefox
before 51.0
before 45.7.0

Weakness classification

References