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HistoryJun 04, 2009 - 12:00 a.m.

Mozilla Firefox 'keygen' HTML Tag DOS Vulnerability - Linux

2009-06-0400:00:00
Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG
plugins.openvas.org
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5 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

9.2 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.092 Low

EPSS

Percentile

94.7%

Mozilla Firefox is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800625");
  script_version("2023-07-27T05:05:08+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-27 05:05:08 +0000 (Thu, 27 Jul 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-06-04 07:18:37 +0200 (Thu, 04 Jun 2009)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2009-1828", "CVE-2009-1827");
  script_name("Mozilla Firefox 'keygen' HTML Tag DOS Vulnerability - Linux");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/8794");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35132");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/50721");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://blog.zoller.lu/2009/04/advisory-firefox-denial-of-service.html");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("gb_firefox_detect_lin.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("mozilla/firefox/linux/detected");
  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"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.");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Mozilla Firefox version 3.0.4 and 3.0.10.");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"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.'.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"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.");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Mozilla Firefox is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");
  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if(version_is_equal(version:version, test_version:"3.0.10") ||
   version_is_equal(version:version, test_version:"3.0.4")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:version, fixed_version:"None", install_path:location);
  security_message(port:0, data:report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

5 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

9.2 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.092 Low

EPSS

Percentile

94.7%