CVE-2009-2470

N/A Unknown

Published: August 04, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12, and 3.5.x before 3.5.2, allows remote SOCKS5 proxy servers to cause a denial of service (data stream corruption) via a long domain name in a reply.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/36126

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266148-1

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-38.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0153.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0154.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35925

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Patch

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022665

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2142

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0650

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=459524

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52252

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10197

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00198.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00261.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/36126