CentOS 3 / 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2007:0077)

high Nessus Plugin ID 24703

Synopsis

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

Description

Updated SeaMonkey packages that fix several security bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, and 4.

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

[Updated 26 February 2007] Packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 have been updated to correct an issue which prevented Evolution and other applications linked against the NSS library from functioning.

[Updated 12 March 2007] Packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 and 3 have been updated to correct an issue which prevented Evolution and other applications linked against the NSS library from functioning.

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

Several flaws were found in the way SeaMonkey processed certain malformed JavaScript code. A malicious web page could execute JavaScript code in such a way that may result in SeaMonkey crashing or executing arbitrary code as the user running SeaMonkey.
(CVE-2007-0775, CVE-2007-0777)

Several cross-site scripting (XSS) flaws were found in the way SeaMonkey processed certain malformed web pages. A malicious web page could display misleading information which may result in a user unknowingly divulging sensitive information such as a password.
(CVE-2006-6077, CVE-2007-0995, CVE-2007-0996)

A flaw was found in the way SeaMonkey cached web pages on the local disk. A malicious web page may be able to inject arbitrary HTML into a browsing session if the user reloads a targeted site. (CVE-2007-0778)

A flaw was found in the way SeaMonkey displayed certain web content. A malicious web page could generate content which could overlay user interface elements such as the hostname and security indicators, tricking a user into thinking they are visiting a different site.
(CVE-2007-0779)

Two flaws were found in the way SeaMonkey displayed blocked popup windows. If a user can be convinced to open a blocked popup, it is possible to read arbitrary local files, or conduct an XSS attack against the user. (CVE-2007-0780, CVE-2007-0800)

Two buffer overflow flaws were found in the Network Security Services (NSS) code for processing the SSLv2 protocol. Connecting to a malicious secure web server could cause the execution of arbitrary code as the user running SeaMonkey. (CVE-2007-0008, CVE-2007-0009)

A flaw was found in the way SeaMonkey handled the 'location.hostname' value during certain browser domain checks. This flaw could allow a malicious web site to set domain cookies for an arbitrary site, or possibly perform an XSS attack. (CVE-2007-0981)

Users of SeaMonkey are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages, which contain SeaMonkey version 1.0.8 that corrects these issues.

Solution

Update the affected seamonkey packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 24703

File Name: centos_RHSA-2007-0077.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 2/26/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/24/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/8/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-6077, CVE-2007-0008, CVE-2007-0009, CVE-2007-0775, CVE-2007-0777, CVE-2007-0778, CVE-2007-0779, CVE-2007-0780, CVE-2007-0800, CVE-2007-0981, CVE-2007-0994, CVE-2007-0995, CVE-2007-0996, CVE-2007-1092, CVE-2007-1282

BID: 21240, 22396, 22566, 22679, 22694, 22826

CWE: 119, 189, 79

RHSA: 2007:0077

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