Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2010-2751

medium Nessus Plugin ID 217226

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- The nsDocShell::OnRedirectStateChange function in docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.11 and 3.6.x before 3.6.7, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.6, allows remote attackers to spoof the SSL security status of a document via vectors involving multiple requests, a redirect, and the history.back and history.forward JavaScript functions. (CVE-2010-2751)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 217226

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2010_2751.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/3/2025

Updated: 3/3/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-2751

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/20/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2751

Detections

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