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Google Chrome 'chromehtml: URI' DoS Vulnerability

🗓️ 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AGType 
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Google Chrome 'chromehtml: URI' Denial Of Service Vulnerability, allows remote attackers to cause application hang and CPU consumption, impacting Google Chrome version 1.0.154.65 and prior on Windows. Error occurs when vectors involving a series of function calls that set a 'chromehtml:' URI value for the document.location property. It's prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability

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# 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

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900833");
  script_version("2025-12-17T05:46:28+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-12-17 05:46:28 +0000 (Wed, 17 Dec 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-09-02 09:58:59 +0200 (Wed, 02 Sep 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-2009-2974");
  script_name("Google Chrome 'chromehtml: URI' DoS Vulnerability");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://websecurity.com.ua/3435/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-08/0236.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-08/0217.html");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("gb_google_chrome_detect_portable_win.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("GoogleChrome/Win/Ver");
  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful attacks could allow remote attackers to cause application hang
  and CPU consumption which may result in Denial of Service condition.");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Google Chrome version 1.0.154.65 and prior on Windows.");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Error occurs when vectors involving a series of function calls that set a
  'chromehtml:' URI value for the document.location property.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Google Chrome version 4.1.249.1064 or later.");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Google Chrome is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");

  exit(0);
}

include("version_func.inc");

chromeVer = get_kb_item("GoogleChrome/Win/Ver");

if(isnull(chromeVer)){
  exit(0);
}

if(version_is_less_equal(version:chromeVer, test_version:"1.0.154.65")){
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:chromeVer, vulnerable_range:"Less than or equal to 1.0.154.65");
  security_message(port: 0, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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