CentOS 3 / 4 : mozilla (CESA-2005:769)

high Nessus Plugin ID 21856

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

An updated mozilla package that fixes a security bug is now available.

This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Mozilla is an open source Web browser, advanced email and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editor.

A bug was found in the way Mozilla processes certain international domain names. An attacker could create a specially crafted HTML file, which when viewed by the victim would cause Mozilla to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-2871 to this issue.

Users of Mozilla are advised to upgrade to this updated package that contains a backported patch and is not vulnerable to this issue.

Solution

Update the affected mozilla packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 21856

File Name: centos_RHSA-2005-769.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 7/3/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

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:centos:centos:mozilla-nss, cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mozilla-nspr-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mozilla-js-debugger, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mozilla-mail, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mozilla-nspr, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mozilla-chat, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mozilla-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mozilla-dom-inspector, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mozilla-nss-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mozilla

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 9/10/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2871

RHSA: 2005:769

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