SB2020060250 - Spoofing attack in firefox (Alpine package)
Published: June 2, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020060250
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Spoofing attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12409)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of certain blank characters in URL in unicode that were rendered as space instead of an encoded URL. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted URL to spoof page content of legitimate website.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.