CVE - CVE-2005-0237

CVE-ID
CVE-2005-0237	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The International Domain Name (IDN) support in Konqueror 3.2.1 on KDE 3.2.1 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.
References
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MISC:12461 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12461 MISC:14162 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/14162 MISC:20050206 Re: state of homograph attacks URL:http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031460.html MISC:20050206 state of homograph attacks URL:http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031459.html MISC:FLSA:178606 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427976/100/0/threaded MISC:MDKSA-2005:058 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:058~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:RHSA-2005:325 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-325.html MISC:http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050316-2.txt URL:http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050316-2.txt MISC:http://www.shmoo.com/idn URL:http://www.shmoo.com/idn MISC:http://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txt URL:http://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txt MISC:multiple-browsers-idn-spoof(19236) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19236 MISC:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10671 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10671
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20050207	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20050207)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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