13578 : Mozilla Multiple Browser International Domain Name (IDN) Punycode Encoded Domain Name Spoofing
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2005-02-07

Keywords

MFSA 2005-29

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2005-0233" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : The International Domain Name (IDN) support in Firefox 1.0, Camino .8.5, and Mozilla before 1.7.6 allows remote attackers to spoof domain names using punycode encoded domain names that are decoded in URLs and SSL certificates in a way that uses homograph characters from other character sets, which facilitates phishing attacks.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
OSVDB: Web Related

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

Security Tracker: 1013097
SCIP VulDB ID: 1177
Secunia Advisory ID: 14163 14614 14714 14737 15180
CVE ID: 2005-0233 (see also: NVD)
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-02/0002.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.000123
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:058
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-29.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_16_mozilla_firefox.html
Other Advisory URL: http://scovettalabs.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/scl-2005002.txt
http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/br-20050208-00109.html?lang=en
http://www.shmoo.com/idn/
http://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txt
Generic Informational URL: http://www.w3.org/International/articles/idn-and-iri/

Tools & Filters

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Credit

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
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