Apache Cordova 3.3.0 and earlier and Adobe PhoneGap 2.9.0 and...
Vulnerability Description
Apache Cordova 3.3.0 and earlier and Adobe PhoneGap 2.9.0 and earlier do not anchor the end of domain-name regular expressions, which allows remote attackers to bypass a whitelist protection mechanism via a domain name that contains an acceptable name as an initial substring.
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References
- http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ndss14nofrak.pdf
- http://www.internetsociety.org/ndss2014/programme#session3
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2014/Jan/96
- http://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/blog/2012/04/30/building-android-javajavascript-bridges/
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/9
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/124954/apachecordovaphonegap-bypass.txt
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