Explain CVE-2009-0652
The Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) blacklist in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6 and other versions before 3.0.9; Thunderbird before 2.0.0.21; and SeaMonkey before 1.1.15 does not include box-drawing characters, which allows remote attackers to spoof URLs and conduct phishing attacks, as demonstrated by homoglyphs of the / (slash) and ? (question mark) characters in a subdomain of a .cn domain name, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0233.  NOTE: some third parties claim that 3.0.6 is not affected, but much older versions perhaps are affected.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': 'MDVSA-2009:111', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:111'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11396', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11396'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2009-3875', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00683.html'}, {'name': '34894', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/34894'}, {'name': 'ADV-2009-1125', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1125'}, {'name': 'DSA-1830', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1830'}, {'name': 'mozilla-firefox-homoglyph-spoofing(48974)', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_XF'], 'url': 'https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48974'}, {'name': '[dailydave] 20090219 SSL MITM fun.', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2009-February/005556.html'}, {'name': '34096', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/34096'}, {'name': '34844', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/34844'}, {'name': '35065', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/35065'}, {'name': '[dailydave] 20090220 SSL MITM fun.', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2009-February/005563.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'https://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-dc-09/Marlinspike/BlackHat-DC-09-Marlinspike-Defeating-SSL.pdf'}, {'name': 'USN-764-1', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_UBUNTU'], 'url': 'https://usn.ubuntu.com/764-1/'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SR:2009:010', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html'}, {'name': '33837', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33837'}, {'name': '35042', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/35042'}, {'name': '34843', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/34843'}, {'name': 'DSA-1797', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1797'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2009:0437', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0437.html'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2009:0436', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0436.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-dc-09/bh-dc-09-speakers.html#Marlinspike'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-15.html'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED