CVE-2006-2783
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4 strip the Unicode Byte-order-Mark (BOM) from a UTF-8 page before the page is passed to the parser, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a BOM sequence in the middle of a dangerous tag such as SCRIPT.
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | RHSA-2006:0609 | 2006-08-02 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 | RHSA-2006:0594 | 2006-08-28 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2006:0611 | 2006-07-29 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (seamonkey) | RHSA-2006:0578 | 2006-07-20 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (firefox) | RHSA-2006:0610 | 2006-07-28 |
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