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KDE Applications IDN Spoofing Security Issue
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA14162
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Release Date:
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2005-02-07
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Last Update:
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2005-03-16
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Popularity:
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22,216 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Spoofing
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | KDE 3.x
Konqueror 3.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
Eric Johanson has reported a security issue in Konqueror, which can be exploited by a malicious web site to spoof the URL displayed in the address bar and status bar.
The problem is caused due to an unintended result of the IDN (International Domain Name) implementation, which allows using international characters in domain names.
This can be exploited by registering domain names with certain international characters that resembles other commonly used characters, thereby causing the user to believe they are on a trusted site.
Secunia has constructed a test, which can be used to check if your browser is affected by this issue:
http://secunia.com/multiple_browsers_idn_spoofing_test/
The security issue affects all versions in the KDE 3.2.x and KDE 3.3.x series.
NOTE: This is reportedly a KDE-wide issue and does therefore also affect other KDE applications displaying URLs.
Change Page:
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
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