The host is installed with Mozilla Firefox browser and is prone
to denial of service vulnerability.
Vulnerability:
The flaw is due to improper way of handling input passed to
location.hash.
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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: secpod_firefox_location_hash_dos_vuln.nasl 6468 2017-06-28 14:05:02Z cfischer $
#
# Mozilla Firefox location.hash Remote DoS Vulnerability
#
# Authors:
# Chandan S <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2008 SecPod, http://www.secpod.com
#
# Updated to CVE-2009-2953 and Linux Version Checks, Issue: 4260
# - By Sharath S <[email protected]> On 2009-08-26
#
# 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_summary = "The host is installed with Mozilla Firefox browser and is prone
to denial of service vulnerability.
Vulnerability:
The flaw is due to improper way of handling input passed to
location.hash.";
tag_impact = "Successful exploitation could result in remote arbitrary code execution,
and can crash the affected browser.
Impact Level: Application";
tag_affected = "Mozilla, Firefox version 3.0 through 3.0.13 and 3.5.x";
tag_solution = "Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 3.6.3 or later
For updates refer to http://www.mozilla.org/";
if(description)
{
script_id(900068);
script_version("$Revision: 6468 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-06-28 16:05:02 +0200 (Wed, 28 Jun 2017) $");
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_bugtraq_id(32988);
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/discuss");
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");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 SecPod");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_firefox_detect_win.nasl", "gb_firefox_detect_lin.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Firefox/Linux_or_Win/installed");
script_tag(name : "impact" , value : tag_impact);
script_tag(name : "affected" , value : tag_affected);
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
ffVer = get_kb_item("Firefox/Win/Ver");
if(!ffVer){
ffVer = get_kb_item("Firefox/Linux/Ver");
if(!ffVer)
exit(0);
}
# Grep for firefox version 3.x to 3.0.13 and 3.5.x
if(version_in_range(version:ffVer, test_version:"3.0", test_version2:"3.0.13")||
version_in_range(version:ffVer, test_version:"3.5", test_version2:"3.5.2")){
security_message(0);
}