CVE-2005-2871
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Buffer overflow in the International Domain Name (IDN) support in Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6 and earlier, and Netscape 8.0.3.3 and 7.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a hostname with all "soft" hyphens (character 0xAD), which is not properly handled by the NormalizeIDN call in nsStandardURL::BuildNormalizedSpec.
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (mozilla) | RHSA-2005:769 | 2005-09-10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (firefox) | RHSA-2005:768 | 2005-09-09 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2005:791 | 2005-10-06 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (mozilla) | RHSA-2005:769 | 2005-09-10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 (mozilla) | RHSA-2005:769 | 2005-09-10 |
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