Detections
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Firefox < 3.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
high Log Correlation Engine Plugin ID 800750
Synopsis
The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
The installed version of Firefox is affected by various security issues :- By creating a very large number of references to a common CSS object, an attacker can overflow the CSS reference counter, causing a crash when the browser attempts to free the CSS object while still in use and allowing for arbitrary code execution (MFSA 2008-34).
- If Firefox is not already running, passing it a command-line URI with pipe ('|') symbols will open multiple tabs, which could be used to launch 'chrome:i' URIs from the command-line or to pass URIs to Firefox that would normally be handled by a vector application (MFSA 2008-35).
Solution
Upgrade to version 3.0.1 or higher.See Also
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-35.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-34.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 800750
Family: Web Clients
Nessus ID: 33522