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Fedora Core 6 : firefox-1.5.0.12-7.fc6 (2007-756)
high Nessus Plugin ID 29197
Synopsis
The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.Description
Updated firefox packages that fix several security issues are now available for Fedora Core 6.This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Fedora Security Response Team.
Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser.
A cross-site scripting flaw was found in the way Firefox handled the jar: URI scheme. It was possible for a malicious website to leverage this flaw and conduct a cross-site scripting attack against a user running Firefox. (CVE-2007-5947)
Several flaws were found in the way Firefox processed certain malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox. (CVE-2007-5959)
A race condition existed when Firefox set the 'window.location' property for a web page. This flaw could allow a web page to set an arbitrary Referer header, which may lead to a Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF) attack against websites that rely only on the Referer header for protection. (CVE-2007-5960)
Users of Firefox are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve 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: 29197
File Name: fedora_2007-756.nasl
Version: 1.15
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 12/4/2007
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.8
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, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:firefox-devel, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:firefox, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:6
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 12/3/2007