CVE-2009-3934 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

A remote attacker can cause a denial of service in Google Chrome by tricking a user into clicking a page-local link, resulting in an empty redirect chain.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2009-3934?

CVE-2009-3934 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 12 Nov 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The WebFrameLoaderClient::dispatchDidChangeLocationWithinPage function in src/webkit/glue/webframeloaderclient_impl.cc in Google Chrome before 3.0.195.32 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a page-local link, related to an "empty redirect chain," as demonstrated by a message in Yahoo! Mail.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3934?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2009-3934?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-3934 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2009-3934 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3934 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-652p-489h-r38f.

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