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Debian DSA-1224-1 : mozilla - several vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 23766
Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Several security related problems have been discovered in Mozilla and derived products. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following vulnerabilities :- CVE-2006-4310 Tomas Kempinsky discovered that malformed FTP server responses could lead to denial of service.
- CVE-2006-5462 Ulrich Kuhn discovered that the correction for a cryptographic flaw in the handling of PKCS-1 certificates was incomplete, which allows the forgery of certificates.
- CVE-2006-5463 'shutdown' discovered that modification of JavaScript objects during execution could lead to the execution of arbitrary JavaScript bytecode.
- CVE-2006-5464 Jesse Ruderman and Martijn Wargers discovered several crashes in the layout engine, which might also allow execution of arbitrary code.
- CVE-2006-5748 Igor Bukanov and Jesse Ruderman discovered several crashes in the JavaScript engine, which might allow execution of arbitrary code.
This update also addresses several crashes, which could be triggered by malicious websites and fixes a regression introduced in the previous Mozilla update.
Solution
Upgrade the mozilla package.For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 1.7.8-1sarge8.
See Also
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4310
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-5462
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-5463
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-5464
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 23766
File Name: debian_DSA-1224.nasl
Version: 1.23
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 12/4/2006
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.3
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mozilla, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/3/2006
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2006
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2006-4310, CVE-2006-5462, CVE-2006-5463, CVE-2006-5464, CVE-2006-5748