Description
The International Domain Name (IDN) support in Epiphany 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.
Affected products
- GNOME / epiphany
- Mozilla / camino0.8.5 – 0.8.5
- Mozilla / mozilla1.6
- omnigroup / omniweb5 – 5
- opera / opera_browser7.54
References
- MISChttp://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txt
- MISChttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19236
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031459.html
- MISChttp://www.shmoo.com/idn
- MISChttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/beta/show_bug.cgi?id=147399
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12461