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CVE-2005-0238
Published: Feb 7, 2005
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
http://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txt
x_refsource_MISC
multiple-browsers-idn-spoof(19236)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
20050206 state of homograph attacks
mailing-list
x_refsource_FULLDISC
http://www.shmoo.com/idn
x_refsource_MISC
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/beta/show_bug.cgi?id=147399
x_refsource_CONFIRM
12461
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
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