# CVE-2008-0592: Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.8 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a plain .t

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-02-08 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.8 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a plain .txt file with a "Content-Disposition: attachment" and an invalid "Content-Type: plain/text," which prevents Firefox from rendering future plain text files within the browser.

## What to do

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## References

- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0104.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-576-1
- http://browser.netscape.com/releasenotes/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28939
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1506
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00946.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00905.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28818
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30620
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28865
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0453/references
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9972
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0103.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28877
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28879
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=387258
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29167
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29567
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0105.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28958
- http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/6251b18e050302ebe7fe74294b55c818.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30327
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-238492-1
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019340
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1489

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