Mozilla Firefox 'document.location' Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: secpod_firefox_document_location_dos_vuln.nasl 6530 2017-07-05 06:23:50Z cfischer $
#
# Mozilla Firefox 'document.location' Denial Of Service Vulnerability
#
# Authors:
# Sharath S <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2009 SecPod, http://www.secpod.com
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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#
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# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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tag_impact = "Successful exploitation will allow attackers to cause excessive memory
  consumption in the affected application and results in Denial of Service
  condition.
  Impact Level: System/Application";
tag_affected = "Mozilla Firefox version 3.5.2 on Windows XP.";
tag_insight = "The flaw is due to an incompletely configured protocol handler that does not
  properly implement setting of the 'document.location' property to a value
  specifying a protocol associated with an external application, which can
  be caused via vectors involving a series of function calls that set this
  property, as demonstrated by the 'chromehtml:' and 'aim:' protocols.";
tag_solution = "Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 3.6.3 or later
  For updates refer to http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html";
tag_summary = "The host is installed with Firefox browser on Windows XP and is
  prone to Denial of Service vulnerability.";

if(description)
{
  script_id(900831);
  script_version("$Revision: 6530 $");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-07-05 08:23:50 +0200 (Wed, 05 Jul 2017) $");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-08-28 14:39:11 +0200 (Fri, 28 Aug 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-2009-2975");
  script_name("Mozilla Firefox 'document.location' Denial Of Service Vulnerability");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-08/0246.html");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-08/0234.html");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-08/0236.html");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 SecPod");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("gb_firefox_detect_win.nasl");
  script_mandatory_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("secpod_reg.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if(hotfix_check_sp(xp:4) <= 0){
  exit(0);
}

# Get for Firefox Version
ffVer = get_kb_item("Firefox/Win/Ver");

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

# Check for Firefox version 3.5.2
if(version_is_equal(version:ffVer, test_version:"3.5.2")){
  security_message(0);
}