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Debian DSA-838-1 : mozilla-firefox - multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 19807

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in the mozilla-firefox web browser. These vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute code on the victim's machine via specially crafted network resources.

 - CAN-2005-2701 Heap overrun in XBM image processing

 - CAN-2005-2702

 Denial of service (crash) and possible execution of arbitrary code via Unicode sequences with 'zero-width non-joiner' characters.

 - CAN-2005-2703

 XMLHttpRequest header spoofing

 - CAN-2005-2704

 Object spoofing using XBL <implements>

 - CAN-2005-2705

 JavaScript integer overflow

 - CAN-2005-2706

 Privilege escalation using about: scheme

 - CAN-2005-2707

 Chrome window spoofing allowing windows to be created without UI components such as a URL bar or status bar that could be used to carry out phishing attacks

Solution

Upgrade the mozilla-firefox package.

For the stable distribution (sarge), these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.4-2sarge5.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-838

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19807

File Name: debian_DSA-838.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/5/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mozilla-firefox, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 10/2/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2701, CVE-2005-2702, CVE-2005-2703, CVE-2005-2704, CVE-2005-2705, CVE-2005-2706, CVE-2005-2707

CWE: 94

DSA: 838