Bug 599117 (CVE-2010-2117)

Summary:	CVE-2010-2117 Firefox: DoS (resource consumption) via JavaScript source with loop of invalid (1) news:// or (2) nntp:// URIs
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	gecko-bugs-nobody, jhorak, stransky, vdanen
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/511509/100/0/threaded
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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2010-06-02 17:30:51 UTC

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2010-2117 to
the following vulnerability:

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.19, 3.5.x, and 3.6.x allows remote attackers to
cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via JavaScript code
containing an infinite loop that creates IFRAME elements for invalid
(1) news:// or (2) nntp:// URIs.

References:
  [1] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/511509/100/0/threaded
  [2] http://websecurity.com.ua/4238/

Comment 2 Vincent Danen 2010-06-28 18:04:32 UTC

Statement:

The Red Hat Security Response Team does not consider a user assisted denial of service (and potential crash) of end user application, such a Firefox, to be a security issue.