CVE-2013-1699
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
The Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) display algorithm in Mozilla Firefox before 22.0 does not properly handle the .com, .name, and .net top-level domains, which allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via unspecified homograph characters.
Find out more about CVE-2013-1699 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
This issue does not affect the version of firefox and thunderbird as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6
CVSS v2 metrics
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
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Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird | Not affected |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges 3ric Johanson, Richard Newman and Holt Sorenson as the original reporter.External References
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