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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800625
Category:Denial of Service
Title:Mozilla Firefox 'keygen' HTML Tag DOS Vulnerability - Linux
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:
Flaws are due to:

- Error exists via KEYGEN element in conjunction with a META element
specifying automatic page refresh or a JavaScript onLoad event handler
for a BODY element.

- Error caused while passing a large value in the r (aka Radius) attribute
of a circle element, related to an 'unclamped loop.'.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation will let attackers to cause the browser
to stop responding, infinite loop, application hang, and memory consumption,
and can cause denying service to legitimate users.

Affected Software/OS:
Mozilla Firefox version 3.0.4 and 3.0.10.

Solution:
No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure
of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer
release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.

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-2009-1828
BugTraq ID: 35132
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35132
Bugtraq: 20090528 [TZO-27-2009] Firefox Denial of Service (Keygen) (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503876/100/0/threaded
Bugtraq: 20090908 Re: DoS vulnerability in Google Chrome (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506328/100/100/threaded
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8822
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-05/0247.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-05/0263.html
http://blog.zoller.lu/2009/04/advisory-firefox-denial-of-service.html
http://websecurity.com.ua/3194/
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=469565
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5928
XForce ISS Database: firefox-keygen-dos(50838)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50838
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-1827
Bugtraq: 20090526 [TZO-26-2009] Firefox (all?) Denial of Service through unclamped loop (SVG) (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503825/100/0/threaded
Bugtraq: 20090527 Re: [Full-disclosure] [TZO-26-2009] Firefox (all?) Denial of Service through unclamped loop (SVG) (Google Search)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-05/0270.html
Bugtraq: 20090527 Re[2]: Addendum : [TZO-26-2009] Firefox (all?) Denial of Service through unclamped loop (SVG) (Google Search)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-05/0271.html
Bugtraq: 20090527 Re[2]: [Full-disclosure] [TZO-26-2009] Firefox (all?) Denial of Service through unclamped loop (SVG) (Google Search)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-05/0272.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8794
http://blog.zoller.lu/2009/04/advisory-firefox-dos-condition.html
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=393832
XForce ISS Database: firefox-loop-dos(50721)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50721
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG

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