CVE - CVE-2005-0233

CVE-ID
CVE-2005-0233	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 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.
References
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MISC:12461 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12461 MISC:20050206 state of homograph attacks URL:http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031459.html MISC:20050208 International Domain Name [IDN] support in modern browsers allows attackers to spoof domain name URLs + SSL certs. URL:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110782704923280&w=2 MISC:GLSA-200503-10 URL:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xml MISC:GLSA-200503-30 URL:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml MISC:RHSA-2005:176 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.html MISC:RHSA-2005:384 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html MISC:SUSE-SA:2005:016 URL:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_16_mozilla_firefox.html MISC:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-29.html URL:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-29.html 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:100029 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100029 MISC:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11229 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11229
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)
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