Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mozilla-firefox (MDKSA-2006:143-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 23892

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A number of security vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in the latest Mozilla Firefox program.

Previous updates to Firefox were patch fixes to Firefox 1.0.6 that brought it in sync with 1.0.8 in terms of security fixes. In this update, Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6 is being provided which corrects a number of vulnerabilities that were previously unpatched, as well as providing new and enhanced features.

The following CVE names have been corrected with this update:
CVE-2006-2613, CVE-2006-2894, CVE-2006-2775, CVE-2006-2776, CVE-2006-2777, CVE-2006-2778, CVE-2006-2779, CVE-2006-2780, CVE-2006-2782, CVE-2006-2783, CVE-2006-2784, CVE-2006-2785, CVE-2006-2786, CVE-2006-2787, CVE-2006-2788, CVE-2006-3677, CVE-2006-3803, CVE-2006-3804, CVE-2006-3806, CVE-2006-3807, CVE-2006-3113, CVE-2006-3801, CVE-2006-3802, CVE-2006-3805, CVE-2006-3808, CVE-2006-3809, CVE-2006-3810, CVE-2006-3811, CVE-2006-3812.

Update :

The previous language packages were not correctly tagged for the new Firefox which resulted in many of them not loading properly. These updated language packages correct the problem.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 23892

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2006-143.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 12/16/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mozilla-firefox-br, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mozilla-firefox-ca, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mozilla-firefox-cs, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mozilla-firefox-da, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mozilla-firefox-de, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mozilla-firefox-el, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mozilla-firefox-es, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mozilla-firefox-fi, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mozilla-firefox-fr, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mozilla-firefox-ga, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mozilla-firefox-he, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mozilla-firefox-hu, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mozilla-firefox-it, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mozilla-firefox-ja, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mozilla-firefox-ko, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mozilla-firefox-nb, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mozilla-firefox-nl, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mozilla-firefox-pl, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mozilla-firefox-pt_br, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mozilla-firefox-ro, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mozilla-firefox-ru, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mozilla-firefox-sk, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mozilla-firefox-sl, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mozilla-firefox-sv, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mozilla-firefox-tr, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mozilla-firefox-zh_cn, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mozilla-firefox-zh_tw, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2006

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/17/2006

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Mozilla Suite/Firefox Navigator Object Code Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2613, CVE-2006-2775, CVE-2006-2776, CVE-2006-2777, CVE-2006-2778, CVE-2006-2779, CVE-2006-2780, CVE-2006-2782, CVE-2006-2783, CVE-2006-2784, CVE-2006-2785, CVE-2006-2786, CVE-2006-2787, CVE-2006-2788, CVE-2006-2894, CVE-2006-2900, CVE-2006-3113, CVE-2006-3677, CVE-2006-3801, CVE-2006-3802, CVE-2006-3803, CVE-2006-3804, CVE-2006-3805, CVE-2006-3806, CVE-2006-3807, CVE-2006-3808, CVE-2006-3809, CVE-2006-3810, CVE-2006-3811, CVE-2006-3812, CVE-2007-1794

BID: 18308

CWE: 119, 20, 200, 94

MDKSA: 2006:143-1

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