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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900831
Category:Denial of Service
Title:Mozilla Firefox 'document.location' Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Summary:Firefox browser on Windows XP is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
Firefox browser on Windows XP is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
The flaw is due to an incompletely configured protocol handler that does not
properly implement setting of the 'document.location' property to a value
specifying a protocol associated with an external application, which can
be caused via vectors involving a series of function calls that set this
property, as demonstrated by the 'chromehtml:' and 'aim:' protocols.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation will allow attackers to cause excessive memory
consumption in the affected application and results in Denial of Service
condition.

Affected Software/OS:
Mozilla Firefox version 3.5.2 on Windows XP.

Solution:
Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 3.6.3 or later

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-2009-2975
Bugtraq: 20090825 RE: DoS vulnerability in Google Chrome (Google Search)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-08/0234.html
Bugtraq: 20090825 Re: DoS vulnerability in Google Chrome (Google Search)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-08/0236.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-08/0246.html
XForce ISS Database: firefox-doclocation-dos(52923)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52923
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG

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