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Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2013-61) - Linux

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

General

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

2 years ago

Modified

Modified

2 years ago

Summary

This host is missing a security update for Mozilla Firefox.

Insight

Insight

Homograph domain spoofing in .com, .net and .name Security researcher 3ric Johanson reported in discussions with Richard Newman and Holt Sorenson that Verisign's prevention measures for homograph attacks using Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) were insufficiently rigorous, and this led to a limited possibility for domain spoofing in Firefox.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Firefox version(s) below 22.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

The vendor has released an update. Please see the reference(s) for more information.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)