############################################################################### # OpenVAS Vulnerability Test # $Id: secpod_firefox_location_hash_dos_vuln.nasl 780 2008-12-29 10:42:13Z dec $ # # Mozilla Firefox location.hash Remote DoS Vulnerability # # Authors: # Chandan S # # Copyright (c) 2008 SecPod, http://www.secpod.com # # 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. ############################################################################### if(description) { script_id(900068); script_version("$Revision: 1.0 $"); script_cve_id("CVE-2008-5715"); script_bugtraq_id(32988); script_name(english:"Mozilla Firefox location.hash Remote DoS Vulnerability"); desc["english"] = " Overview: The host is installed with Mozilla Firefox browser and is prone to denial of service vulnerability. Vulnerability: The flaw is caused due to improper way of handling input by location.hash. Impact: Successful exploitation could result in remote arbitrary code execution, and can crash the affected browser. Impact Level: Application Affected Software/OS: Mozilla, Firefox version 3.0.5 and prior on Windows. Fix: No solution/patch is available as on 29th December, 2008. Information regarding this issue will updated once the solution details are available. For updates refer, http://www.mozilla.org/ References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32988/discuss http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/32988.pl CVSS Score: CVSS Base Score : 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:NR/C:N/I:N/A:P) CVSS Temporal Score : 4.5 Risk factor: Medium"; script_description(english:desc["english"]); script_summary(english:"Check for the version of Firefox"); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"Copyright (C) 2008 SecPod"); script_family(english:"Denial of Service"); script_dependencies("gb_firefox_detect_win.nasl"); exit(0); } include("version_func.inc"); ffVer = get_kb_item("Firefox/Win/Ver"); if(!ffVer){ exit(0); } # Grep for firefox version 3.x to 3.0.5 if(version_in_range(version:ffVer, test_version:"3.0", test_version2:"3.0.5")){ security_warning(0); }