[tor-bugs] #9901 [TorBrowserButton]: DoS of TBB 2.4/3.0 when no Content-Type header and more than 512 bytes of content are sent

Sat Nov 23 23:23:36 UTC 2013

#9901: DoS of TBB 2.4/3.0 when no Content-Type header and more than 512 bytes of
content are sent
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     Reporter:  sqrt2             |      Owner:  mikeperry
         Type:  defect            |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal            |  Milestone:
    Component:  TorBrowserButton  |    Version:
   Resolution:                    |   Keywords:  tbb dos content-type
Actual Points:                    |  Parent ID:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 Firefox 3.5 can't handle null from getTypeFromURI. It showed content but
 spammed console with many errors about recursion.

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