Very long topic history.dat DoS Firefox will log various bits of URL information into the history.dat file. A VERY long title logged to the history.dat file will cause Mozilla to startup very slows and eat a great deal of memory. This behavior will persist until the history information is cleared. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=319004 This issue also affects RHEL3 This issue also affects RHEL2.1
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0200.html