CVE-2005-0233

Publication date 8 February 2005

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

The International Domain Name (IDN) support in Firefox 1.0, Camino .8.5, and Mozilla before 1.7.6 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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
mozilla 7.04 feisty Not in release
6.10 edgy
Fixed 1.7.12-1.1ubuntu2
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 1.7.12-1.1ubuntu2

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-149-3
    • Ubuntu 4.10 update for Firefox vulnerabilities
    • 28 July 2005

Other references