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Mozilla Firefox 'keygen' HTML Tag DOS Vulnerability (Linux)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Denial of Service

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Wont Fix

Created

Created

14 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

The host is installed with Mozilla Firefox browser and is prone to Denial of Service vulnerability.

Insight

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.'.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Firefox version 3.0.4 and 3.0.10 on Linux

Solution

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.

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