[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

Sun Jan 19 02:16:11 UTC 2014

#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-usability
Actual Points:                    |  Parent ID:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 >No more 100% CPU consumption in TBB 3.5
 In win98?
 In another OSes it still hangs, in mac osx it so annoying that users going
 to restart browser.

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