Several fonts on OS X display some Tibetan and Arabic characters as whitespace. When used in the addressbar as part of an IDN this can be used for domain name spoofing attacks. Note: This attack only affects OS X operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 56, Firefox ESR < 52.4, and Thunderbird < 52.4.
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"status": "affected",
"version": "unspecified",
"versionType": "custom"
}
]
},
{
"product": "Firefox ESR",
"vendor": "Mozilla",
"versions": [
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]
},
{
"product": "Thunderbird",
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"versions": [
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www.securityfocus.com/bid/101059
www.securitytracker.com/id/1039465
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1390980
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1393624
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00000.html
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-14
www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-21/
www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-22/
www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-23/