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CVE Reference: CVE-2005-0237

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Description: The International Domain Name (IDN) support in Konqueror 3.2.1 on KDE 3.2.1 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.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: XF http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/19236 SAID Secunia Advisory: SA14162 REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-325.html MISC http://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txt http://www.shmoo.com/idn MANDRAKE http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:058 FULLDISC http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031460.html http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031459.html FEDORA http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/427976/100/0/threaded CONFIRM http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050316-2.txt BID 12461

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