The host is installed with Mozilla Firefox browser and is prone to
Denial of Service vulnerability.
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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_firefox_dos_vuln_win_jan10.nasl 5306 2017-02-16 09:00:16Z teissa $
#
# Firefox 'nsObserverList::FillObserverArray' DOS Vulnerability (Windows)
#
# Authors:
# Antu Sanadi <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
# (or any later version), as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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tag_impact = "Successful remote exploitation will allow attackers to crash application
via a crafted web site that triggers memory consumption and an accompanying
Low Memory alert dialog, and also triggers attempted removal of an observer
from an empty observers array.
Impact Level: Application.";
tag_affected = "Mozilla Firefox version prior to 3.5.7 on Windows.";
tag_insight = "The flaw is due to error in 'nsObserverList::FillObserverArray()' function
in 'xpcom/ds/nsObserverList.cpp'";
tag_solution = "Upgrade to Firefox version 3.5.7
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html";
tag_summary = "The host is installed with Mozilla Firefox browser and is prone to
Denial of Service vulnerability.";
if(description)
{
script_id(800416);
script_version("$Revision: 5306 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-02-16 10:00:16 +0100 (Thu, 16 Feb 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-01-13 15:42:20 +0100 (Wed, 13 Jan 2010)");
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-2010-0220");
script_name("Firefox 'nsObserverList::FillObserverArray' DOS Vulnerability (Windows)");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=7897");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=507114");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.5.7/releasenotes");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_firefox_detect_win.nasl");
script_require_keys("Firefox/Win/Ver");
script_tag(name : "impact" , value : tag_impact);
script_tag(name : "affected" , value : tag_affected);
script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
firefoxVer = get_kb_item("Firefox/Win/Ver");
if(!firefoxVer){
exit(0);
}
if(version_is_less(version:firefoxVer, test_version:"3.5.7")){
security_message(0);
}