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HistoryDec 29, 2008 - 12:00 a.m.

Mozilla Firefox location.hash Remote DoS Vulnerability

2008-12-2900:00:00
Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone Networks GmbH
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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

6.2 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.026 Low

EPSS

Percentile

90.3%

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

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

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900068");
  script_version("2022-05-11T11:17:52+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2022-05-11 11:17:52 +0000 (Wed, 11 May 2022)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-12-29 13:55:43 +0100 (Mon, 29 Dec 2008)");
  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-2008-5715", "CVE-2009-2953");
  script_name("Mozilla Firefox location.hash Remote DoS Vulnerability");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://websecurity.com.ua/3424/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32988");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/32988.pl");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/506006/100/0/threaded");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("gb_firefox_detect_portable_win.nasl", "gb_firefox_detect_lin.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("mozilla/firefox/linux_windows/detected");
  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation could result in remote arbitrary code execution,
  and can crash the affected browser.");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Mozilla Firefox version 3.0 through 3.0.13 and 3.5.x.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 3.6.3 or later.");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Mozilla Firefox is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to improper way of handling input passed to
  location.hash.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  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_in_range(version:version, test_version:"3.0", test_version2:"3.0.13") ||
   version_in_range(version:version, test_version:"3.5", test_version2:"3.5.2")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:version, fixed_version:"3.6.3", 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

6.2 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.026 Low

EPSS

Percentile

90.3%