Title: Microsoft IE for Solaris X Server Denial of Service Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
It has been reported that in some situations, Internet Explorer 5.0 SP1 for Solaris is able to crash the X server. In particular, this has been reported with Chinese versions of the software.
If a chinese language web page is displayed, and the IE window is rapidly scrolled up and down, it is possible to end the user session, returning the CDE session to dtlogin. This may also happen if the IE window is maximized.
If this procedure is repeated several times, the X server may crash altogether. At this point, the local user is simply presented with a text login prompt, and the following message:
can not start x server
This problem can result in a denial of service to all X users.
Affected Products:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer for Unix 5.0 SP1
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