From: Scovetta, Michael V (Michael.Scovettaca.com)
Date: Tue Feb 08 2005 - 11:39:59 CST

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                   Scovetta Labs Security Advisory

 Title: IDN Feature Workaround via proxy.pac
 Status: Public
 Release Date: 2005-02-08
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 Package: Web Browsers
 Vendor: Mozilla - http://www.mozilla.org
                Opera - http://www.opera.com
                Others (non-IE)
 Priority: High
 Vulnerability: IDN Allows Domain Spoofing

Affected Versions:
==================

 Firefox 1.0 is vulnerable
 Most other modern browsers (except IE) have been reported vulnerable

Background: (from official advisory [1])
===========

 International Domain Name [IDN] support in modern browsers allows
 attackers to spoof domain name URLs + SSL certs.

Description:
============

 See description [1].

Exploit:
========

 See exploit [1].
 
 
Work-around:
============

 A browser-level fix for this vulnerability is to create a proxy.pac
 (auto-configuration) file, containing the following text:

function FindProxyForURL(url, host){
  // valid characters, add more as you find you need them
  var validChars = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789.-";
  for (i=0; i<host.length; i++) {
    if (validChars.indexOf(host[i]) == -1) {
      alert('Invalid character(s) in host name.');
      return "PROXY 127.0.0.1:9999";
    }
  }
}

See [3] for the full file.

Vendor Response:
================

 See vendor response [1]

Revision History
================
 
2005-02-08: Public Release [2]
 

Credits:
========

 Discovery of the vulnerability to Eric Johanson (ericjshmoo.com).
 Proxy.pac workaround to Michael Scovetta (securityscovettalabs.com

References:
==========

 [1] http://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txt
 [2] http://www.scovettalabs.com/advisory/SCL-2005.002.txt
 [3] http://www.scovettalabs.com/download/IDNproxy.pac

Disclaimer
==========

 The content of this report is purely informational and meant only
 for the purpose of education and protection. Scovetta Labs and
 Michael Scovetta shall in no event be liable for any damage
 whatsoever, direct or implied, arising from use or spread of this
 information. All identifiers (hostnames, IP addresses, company names,
 individual names etc.) used in examples and demonstrations are used
 only for explanatory purposes and have no connection with any real
 host, company or individual. In no event should it be assumed that
 use of these names means specific hosts, companies or individuals
 are vulnerable to any attacks nor does it mean that they consent to
 being used in any vulnerability tests. The use of information in
 this report is entirely at user's risk.

 
Copyright
=========
 
 (c) 2005 Michael Scovetta. Forwarding and publishing of this document
 is permitted providing the content between "[BEGIN-SCL-REPORT]" and
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