CVE-2005-0238

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-0238
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-05-02 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Epiphany All All All All
Application Mozilla Camino 0.8.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla All All All All
Application Omnigroup Omniweb 5 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.shmoo.com Broken Link, Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Bugzilla - Object Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Broken Link, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.shmoo.com Broken Link, Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Multiple Web Browser International Domain Name Handling Site Property Spoofing Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[Full-Disclosure] state of homograph attacks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk Exploit, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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