75549 : Google Chrome WebSockets Unspecified Remote DoS
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Disclosure Date
2011-09-16

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2011-2849" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : The WebSockets implementation in Google Chrome before 14.0.835.163 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via unspecified vectors.

Classification

 Location: Remote / Network Access, Context Dependent
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Private
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Coordinated Disclosure
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 14.0.835.163 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products
Google, Inc.
Chrome
 13.0.782.220

References

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 4.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2011-09-19 | Disagree? | There are 1 more: View All

Access_vector_2 Access_complexity_1 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_0 Integrity_impact_0 Availability_impact_1

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