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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900825
Category:Denial of Service
Title:Google Chrome 'tooltip_manager.cc' Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Summary:Google Chrome is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
Google Chrome is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
Error occurs in tooltip manager in chrome/views/tooltip_manager.cc caused
via a tag with a long title attribute, which is not properly handled
when displaying a tooltip.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation lets the attacker cause memory or CPU consumption,
resulting in Denial of Service condition.

Affected Software/OS:
Google Chrome version prior to 0.2.149.30 on Windows.

Solution:
Upgrade to version 0.2.149.30 or later.

CVSS Score:
4.3

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-7061
BugTraq ID: 30975
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30975
Bugtraq: 20080908 Chrome(0.2.149.27) title(not the tag) Denial of Service(Freeze) exploit (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496078/100/0/threaded
Bugtraq: 20080910 Re: Chrome(0.2.149.27) title(not the tag) Denial of Service(Freeze) exploit (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496094/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496101/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496126/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496138/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496145/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496146/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496151/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496172/100/100/threaded
http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/chrome/browser/render_widget_host_hwnd.cc?r1=1287&r2=2042&pathrev=2042
http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/chrome/views/tooltip_manager.cc?r1=1287&r2=2042&pathrev=2042
http://www.blackhat.org.il/exploits/chrome-freeze-exploit.html
XForce ISS Database: google-chrome-titletag-dos(45039)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45039
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