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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 11:29:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: cve-assign@...re.org
To: mmcallis@...hat.com
Cc: cve-assign@...re.org, oss-security@...ts.openwall.com, huzaifas@...hat.com,
        kseifried@...hat.com
Subject: Re: browser document.cookie DoS vulnerability

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>I don't think web browser dos's are suppose to be CVE worthy.

A complete crash of a typical web browser is currently always eligible
for a CVE assignment from MITRE. This, of course, doesn't mean that a
Red Hat Security Advisory would necessarily be published for that
issue alone. It also doesn't mean that browser vendors actively
request CVE assignments for all such issues.

An example where a CVE assignment isn't made is a clean crash (no
memory corruption) of a single process associated with browsing a
single web site, i.e., a "tab crash" in some browsers. This might be
caused by a malicious web site that triggers a divide by zero. In that
situation, it's generally not possible for the crash to disrupt the
end user's ongoing work.

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CVE assignment team, MITRE CVE Numbering Authority
M/S M300
202 Burlington Road, Bedford, MA 01730 USA
[ PGP key available through http://cve.mitre.org/cve/request_id.html ]
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