Re: Firefox 2.0.0.12 SSL Spoofing and Domain Guessing vulnerabilities

[scott <redhowlingwolves () nc rr com>]

This is obviously a bug in the newest beta release and should be 
reported there.Why the OP chose not to do this is a matter for speculation.

Regards,
Scott

steve menard wrote:
> I get a warning on 2.0.0.11 Linux Ubuntu
>
> You are about to log into the site "google" with the username
> "www%2Ecnn@2Ecom%c0%AF%C0%AF%C0%C0%80", but the website does not require 
> authentication. this may be an attempt to trick you
> Is "google" the site you want to visit.?
>
> is this a 2.0.0.12 issue?
> Steve
>
> carl hardwick wrote:
>   
> > Firefox seems to have trouble with defining the proper hostname when
> > requesting a ssl connection. I was able to trick Firefox in thinking
> > the hostname behind the at-sign is legit and the same as the URI that
> > requested an ssl connection, and this without a warning.
> >
> > PoC: https://www.gmail.com%C0%AF%C0%AF%C0%C0%80 () roguehost com
> >
> > You can add as much garbage between .com and the @ sign.
> >
> > So what else can we do?
> >
> > PoC:
> > www.cnn.com%C0%AF%C0%AF%C0%C0%80@google
> > www.gmail.com%C0%AF%C0%AF%C0%C0%80@hotmail
> >
> > ah heck we don't need that at all:
> > www.gmail.comxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@hotmail
> >
> > works fine also :)
> >
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