Name: gm110360 Date: 10/14/2003


FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
1.4.2_01-b06 and all other 1.4.2 releases.
Works on 1.4.1_xx.


FULL OS VERSION :
Linux 2.4.20-22 i686 unknown


EXTRA RELEVANT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION :
nothing special of importance here

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
secure internet banking crashes browser directly at login stage due to plugin
problem:
 
Contrary to the message given below, this seems to be a plugin problem, /
since several versions of the browser work with 1.4.1 but not with 1.4.2.
See all details at
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=211003
and
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210925




STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
login to banking account:
https://homebanking.dvg-ka.de/055/index.html
This can be tested with invalid account and pass:
type 1234567890, pass 12345.



EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
login should suceed instead of crashing the browser

ACTUAL -
Browser crashes.


ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
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Joshua Xia (Sun.com) posted in given 2nd cite (comment 11) the following
plugin trace:
Plugin: JavaVM5 Obtained next work code code F60004
Plugin: JavaPluginFactory5:GetInstance
Plugin: JavaPluginFactory trying to enter GetInstance
Plugin: JavaPluginFactory Entered GetInstance
Plugin: Chose random instance 0
Plugin: JavaPluginFactory exiting GetInstance-any
Plugin: JavaVM5 GetPluginFactory
Plugin: CookieSupport reply for an original JAVA_PLUGIN_COOKIE_REQUEST
Plugin: JavaPluginFactory trying to enter SendRequest
Plugin: JavaPluginFactory Entered SendRequest
Plugin: JavaVM5 Sending command
Plugin: JavaVM5 SendRequest: Wrote request. No reply needed.
Plugin: JavaPluginFactory exiting SendRequest-noreply
Plugin: JavaVM5 Doing work
Plugin: JavaVM5 No work on work pipe
Plugin: JavaVM5 Done with processing work queue
Plugin: QueueRunnable: Posting Event: pipe 40 activity
Plugin: JavaVM5 In worker event handler
Plugin: JavaVM5 ProcessWorkQueue
Plugin: JavaVM5 Doing work
Plugin: JavaVM5 Obtained next work code code 44353939
Plugin: JavaPluginFactory5:GetInstance
Plugin: JavaPluginFactory trying to enter GetInstance
Plugin: JavaPluginFactory Entered GetInstance


"Plugin: JavaVM5 Obtained next work code code 44353939" is abnormal
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Java log:
Sparkasse Karlsruhe Internetbanking Version 1.06
Die Druckfunktion wird f�r dieses Betriebssystem nicht unterst�tzt!Linux
BAuthent 2.0.0 2000-06-06 12.10.43
BAuthent: No authentication used
USING IDEA as Cipherspec

Browser log:
INTERNAL ERROR on Browser End: Plugin instance index out of bounds 13111
System error?:: Resource temporarily unavailable



REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
Don't install 1.4.2_xx or do not secure internet banking involving java.
(Incident Review ID: 215406)
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