Mozilla SeaMonkey < 2.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Log Correlation Engine Plugin ID 801372

Synopsis

The remote host is running a web browser that is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.

Description

The remote host is running a version of Mozilla SeaMonkey earlier than 2.0. Such versions are potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- A flaw exists in the parsing of regular expressions used in Proxy Auto-configuration (PAC) files. (MFSA 2009-55)

- A heap-based buffer overflow exists in Mozilla's GIF image parser. (MFSA 2009-56)

- When downloading a file containing a right-to-left override character (RTL) in the filename, the name displayed in the dialog title bar conflicts with the name of the file shown in the dialog body. (MFSA 2009-62)

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0 or later.

See Also

http://.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-55.html

http://.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-56.html

http://.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-62.html

http://.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/seamonkey11.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 801372

Family: Web Clients

Published: 10/28/2009

Nessus ID: 42307

Vulnerability Information

Patch Publication Date: 10/27/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/28/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3372, CVE-2009-3373, CVE-2009-3376

BID: 36867, 36855, 36856