Input validation error - CVE-2017-5383
Published: June 11, 2018 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33566
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5383
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor:
Affected software:
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-5383
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0190.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0238.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95769
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037693
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1323338
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1324716
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-13
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-22
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3771
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3832
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-02/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-03/