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CVE-2012-6637

Published: Mar 3, 2014

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

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Description

Apache Cordova 3.3.0 and earlier and Adobe PhoneGap 2.9.0 and earlier do not anchor the end of domain-name regular expressions, which allows remote attackers to bypass a whitelist protection mechanism via a domain name that contains an acceptable name as an initial substring.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ndss14nofrak.pdf

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http://www.internetsociety.org/ndss2014/programme#session3

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20140124 Security Vulnerabilities in Apache Cordova / PhoneGap

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http://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/blog/2012/04/30/building-android-javajavascript-bridges/

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[oss-security] 20140207 Re: CVE request: multiple issues in Apache Cordova/PhoneGap

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http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/124954/apachecordovaphonegap-bypass.txt

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