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Google Chrome 'IFRAME' Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
This host is installed with Google Chrome and is prone to Denial Of Service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to: - Improper handling of an 'IFRAME' element with a mailto: URL in its 'SRC' attribute, which allows remote attackers to consume resources via an HTML document with many 'IFRAME' elements. - JavaScript code, containing an infinite loop which creates 'IFRAME' elements for invalid 'news:// URIs'.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Google Chrome version 1.0.154.48 and prior.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Google Chrome version 6.0 or later.