Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900895
Category:	Denial of Service
Title:	Mozilla Firefox 'GIF' File DoS Vulnerability (Nov 2009) - Linux
Summary:	Firefox browser is prone to Denial of Service vulnerabilities.
Description:	Summary: Firefox browser is prone to Denial of Service vulnerabilities. Vulnerability Insight: A NULL pointer dereference error in 'nsGIFDecoder2::GifWrite' function in 'decoders/gif/nsGIFDecoder2.cpp' in libpr0n, which can be exploited to cause application crash via an animated 'GIF' file with a large image size. Vulnerability Impact: Successful exploitation could allows remote attacker to cause a vulnerable application to crash. Affected Software/OS: Mozilla Firefox version prior to 3.5.5 on Linux. Solution: Upgrade to Firefox version 3.5.5 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-2009-3978 http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Mozilla-fixes-critical-bugs-with-Firefox-3-5-5-852070.html http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.5.5/releasenotes/
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG

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