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Fedora 7 : firefox-2.0.0.5-1.fc7 (2007-1142)
high Nessus Plugin ID 27693
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability.Several flaws were found in the way Firefox processed certain malformed JavaScript code. A web page containing malicious JavaScript code could cause Firefox to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox. (CVE-2007-3734, CVE-2007-3735)
Several flaws were found in the way Firefox handles certain JavaScript code. A web page containing malicious JavaScript code could inject arbitrary content into other web pages. (CVE-2007-3736, CVE-2007-3089)
A flaw was found in the way Firefox 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-2007-3656)
A flaw was found in the way Firefox processes certain web content. A web page containing malicious content could execute arbitrary commands as the user running Firefox. (CVE-2007-3737, CVE-2007-3738)
Users of Firefox are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages, which contain patches that correct these issues.
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected firefox, firefox-debuginfo and / or firefox-devel packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 27693
File Name: fedora_2007-1142.nasl
Version: 1.16
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 11/6/2007
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.0
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:fedoraproject:fedora:firefox-debuginfo, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:7, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:firefox-devel, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:firefox
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 7/18/2007
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/6/2007
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-3089, CVE-2007-3656, CVE-2007-3734, CVE-2007-3735, CVE-2007-3736, CVE-2007-3737, CVE-2007-3738