Microsoft Internet Explorer Google Toolbar search request denial of service
| ie-google-toolbar-dos (9883) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Internet Explorer with Google Toolbar installed are vulnerable to a denial of service attack. Google Toolbar fails to properly handle invalid search requests. A remote attacker can cause a victim¿s Web browser to crash by creating a malicious Web page that would send a specially-crafted search request to the Google Toolbar in a victim's Web browser to cause an exception in "oleaut32.dll", once the malicious Web page is viewed.
Platforms Affected:
- Google, Toolbar 1.1.60
- Microsoft, Internet Explorer 5.5
- Microsoft, Internet Explorer 6
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Aug 15 2002 - 03:08:21 CDT, IE [with Google Toolbar installed] crash at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-08/0133.html.
- Google Toolbar Web site, Google Toolbar at http://toolbar.google.com/.
- BID-5477: Google Toolbar Search Function Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2002-1444: The Google toolbar 1.1.60, when running on Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash with an exception in oleaut32.dll) via malicious HTML, possibly related to small width and height parameters or an incorrect call to the Google.Search() function.
Reported:
Aug 15, 2002
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