CVE-2009-2470

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.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.58% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mozilla.org Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2142 patch vendor advisory vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0153.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=459524
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022665 vdb entry
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266148-1 vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0650 vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52252 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35925 patch vdb entry
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00261.html vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0154.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36126 third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00198.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10197 signature vdb entry
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-38.html patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-2470?
CVE-2009-2470 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-2470?
To fix CVE-2009-2470, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-2470 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-2470 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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