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GLSA-200606-12 : Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 21705
Synopsis
The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200606-12 (Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities)A number of vulnerabilities were found and fixed in Mozilla Firefox. For details please consult the references below.
Impact :
By enticing the user to visit a malicious website, a remote attacker can inject arbitrary HTML and JavaScript Code into the user's browser, execute JavaScript code with elevated privileges and possibly execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the application.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
Solution
All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version:# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.4' All Mozilla Firefox binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin-1.5.0.4' Note: There is no stable fixed version for the Alpha architecture yet. Users of Mozilla Firefox on Alpha should consider unmerging it until such a version is available.
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 21705
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200606-12.nasl
Version: 1.18
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 6/16/2006
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mozilla-firefox, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mozilla-firefox-bin, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2006
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2006
Reference Information
CVE: 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