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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800857
Category:Denial of Service
Title:Mozilla Firefox SOCKS5 Proxy Server DoS Vulnerability (Aug 2009) - Windows
Summary:Mozilla Firefox is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
Mozilla Firefox is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
Error exists when application fails to handle long domain name in a response
which leads remote 'SOCKS5' proxy servers into data stream corruption.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation will let attacker to cause Denial of Service condition
in an affected proxy server.

Affected Software/OS:
Firefox version before 3.0.12 or 3.5 before 3.5.2 on Windows.

Solution:
Upgrade to Firefox version 3.0.12/3.5.2.

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-2470
1022665
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022665
266148
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266148-1
35925
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35925
36126
http://secunia.com/advisories/36126
ADV-2009-2142
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2142
ADV-2010-0650
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0650
FEDORA-2009-8279
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00198.html
FEDORA-2009-8288
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00261.html
RHSA-2010:0153
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0153.html
RHSA-2010:0154
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0154.html
firefox-socks5-dos(52252)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52252
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-38.html
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=459524
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10197
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10197
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG

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