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Re: IE sp2 and Mozilla Firefox DoS.
From: phased <phased () mail ru>
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 17:51:09 +0300
Probably because there is a simple solution, close the browser, end of problem. -----Original Message----- From: bipin gautam <visitbipin () yahoo com> To: full-disclosure () lists netsys com Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 10:24:14 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Full-disclosure] IE sp2 and Mozilla Firefox DoS.
There is an issue with these browser rendering html's
with long titles.
Only Tested on:
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Internet Explorer(SP2): 6.0.2900.2180
Mozilla firefox: 1.0
Not affected:
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Mozilla Browser
Have a look at,
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<html>
<head> <title> ....(put)3.5 MB OF data.......
</html>
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For IE beyond 1 Mb will just do fine. On execution,
Mozilla Firefox starts filling up all the available
system memory with 100% CPU use.
Internet explorer renders 100% CPU use, but no system
instability. (O;
I've tested it on Windows XP SP2.
Both Firefox & IE supports decompression method 'gzip'
ie. an extended request header named
HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING like
HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING=gzip,deflate
By this way, the file can be kept around few kilobytes
in the server and delivered easily. I wonder, why
such... simple issue went un-noticed to everyone for
years...
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