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Mozilla Firefox SOCKS5 Proxy Server DoS Vulnerability Aug-09 (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 Patch
Created
Created
14 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
This host is installed with Mozilla Firefox and is prone to Denial of Service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
Error exists when application fails to handle long domain name in a response which leads remote 'SOCKS5' proxy servers into data stream corruption.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Firefox version before 3.0.12 or 3.5 before 3.5.2 on Linux.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Firefox version 3.0.12/3.5.2.