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FreeBSD : mozilla -- code execution via javascript: IconURL vulnerability (eca6195a-c233-11d9-804c-02061b08fc24)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19155

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

A Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory reports :

Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in Firefox, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks and compromise a user's system.

- The problem is that 'IFRAME' JavaScript URLs are not properly protected from being executed in context of another URL in the history list. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an arbitrary site.

- Input passed to the 'IconURL' parameter in 'InstallTrigger.install()' is not properly verified before being used.
This can be exploited to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with escalated privileges via a specially crafted JavaScript URL.

Successful exploitation requires that the site is allowed to install software (default sites are 'update.mozilla.org' and 'addons.mozilla.org').

A combination of vulnerability 1 and 2 can be exploited to execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2005-42/

http://www.nessus.org/u?fd49c7c2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19155

File Name: freebsd_pkg_eca6195ac23311d9804c02061b08fc24.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:de-linux-mozillafirebird, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:de-linux-netscape, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:de-netscape7, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:el-linux-mozillafirebird, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:firefox, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:fr-linux-netscape, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:fr-netscape7, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ja-linux-mozillafirebird-gtk1, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ja-linux-netscape, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ja-mozillafirebird-gtk2, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ja-netscape7, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:linux-firefox, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:linux-mozilla, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:linux-mozilla-devel, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:linux-mozillafirebird, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:linux-netscape, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:linux-phoenix, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mozilla, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mozilla%2bipv6, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mozilla-embedded, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mozilla-firebird, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mozilla-gtk, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mozilla-gtk1, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mozilla-gtk2, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mozilla-thunderbird, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:netscape7, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:phoenix, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:pt_br-netscape7, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ru-linux-mozillafirebird, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:zhcn-linux-mozillafirebird, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:zhtw-linux-mozillafirebird, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 5/11/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/8/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1476, CVE-2005-1477