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Debian DSA-1306-1 : xulrunner - several vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 25505
Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xulrunner, a runtime environment for XUL applications. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :- CVE-2007-1362 Nicolas Derouet discovered that Xulrunner performs insufficient validation of cookies, which could lead to denial of service.
- CVE-2007-2867 Boris Zbarsky, Eli Friedman, Georgi Guninski, Jesse Ruderman, Martijn Wargers and Olli Pettay discovered crashes in the layout engine, which might allow the execution of arbitrary code.
- CVE-2007-2868 Brendan Eich, Igor Bukanov, Jesse Ruderman, 'moz_bug_r_a4' and Wladimir Palant discovered crashes in the JavaScript engine, which might allow the execution of arbitrary code.
- CVE-2007-2869 'Marcel' discovered that malicious websites can cause massive resource consumption through the auto completion feature, resulting in denial of service.
- CVE-2007-2870 'moz_bug_r_a4' discovered that adding an event listener through theaddEventListener() function allows cross-site scripting.
- CVE-2007-2871 Chris Thomas discovered that XUL popups can be abused for spoofing or phishing attacks.
The oldstable distribution (sarge) doesn't include xulrunner.
Solution
Upgrade the xulrunner packages.For the stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.0.12-0etch1.
See Also
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-1362
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-2867
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-2868
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-2869
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-2870
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 25505
File Name: debian_DSA-1306.nasl
Version: 1.22
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 6/14/2007
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
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:debian:debian_linux:xulrunner, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Patch Publication Date: 6/12/2007
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-1362, CVE-2007-2867, CVE-2007-2868, CVE-2007-2869, CVE-2007-2870, CVE-2007-2871