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Netscape IDN Spoofing Security Issue
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA14165
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Release Date:
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2005-02-07
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Last Update:
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2005-05-20
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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: | Netscape 7.x
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Description:
Eric Johanson has reported a security issue in Netscape, which can be exploited by a malicious web site to spoof the URL displayed in the address bar, SSL certificate, 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 issue has been confirmed in Netscape versions 7.2. Other versions may also be affected.
Do you have this product installed on your home computer? Scan using the free Personal Software Inspector. Check if a vulnerable version is installed on computers in your corporate network, scan using the Network Software Inspector.
Solution:
Update to version 8.0.1.
http://browser.netscape.com/ns8/download/default.jsp
Provided and/or discovered by:
Originally described by:
Evgeniy Gabrilovich and Alex Gontmakher
Reported by:
Eric Johanson
Changelog:
2005-05-20: New version released. Updated "Solution" section.
Original Advisory:
http://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txt
Other References:
The Homograph Attack:
http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~gabr/papers/homograph.html
ICANN paper on IDN Permissible Code Point Problems:
http://www.icann.org/committees/idn/idn-codepoint-paper.htm
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