[Bug 483415] Re: Gnome crashes on web page load

[AusIV]

I have to disagree with the assessment that this is not a security
vulnerability. This bug that allows arbitrary web pages to crash an
entire Ubuntu session. This may not allow privilege escalation, but it
can certainly lead to data loss if users have any unsaved documents open
while browsing the web. If this vulnerability were deliberately
exploited, Ubuntu desktop users could become the target of denial of
service attacks.

If a web server had a bug that made it subject to denial of service
attacks, I assume it would be considered a security vulnerability. Why
is the same not true of a web browser?

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Gnome crashes on web page load
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