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RHEL 4 / 5 : firefox (RHSA-2008:0103)
high Nessus Plugin ID 30245
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated firefox packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser.
Several flaws were found in the way Firefox processed certain malformed web content. A webpage containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox. (CVE-2008-0412, CVE-2008-0413, CVE-2008-0415, CVE-2008-0419)
Several flaws were found in the way Firefox displayed malformed web content. A webpage containing specially crafted content could trick a user into surrendering sensitive information. (CVE-2008-0591, CVE-2008-0593)
A flaw was found in the way Firefox stored password data. If a user saves login information for a malicious website, it could be possible to corrupt the password database, preventing the user from properly accessing saved password data. (CVE-2008-0417)
A flaw was found in the way Firefox handles certain chrome URLs. If a user has certain extensions installed, it could allow a malicious website to steal sensitive session data. Note: this flaw does not affect a default installation of Firefox. (CVE-2008-0418)
A flaw was found in the way Firefox saves certain text files. If a website offers a file of type 'plain/text', rather than 'text/plain', Firefox will not show future 'text/plain' content to the user in the browser, forcing them to save those files locally to view the content.
(CVE-2008-0592)
Users of firefox are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues.
Solution
Update the affected firefox and / or firefox-devel packages.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-0412
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-0413
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-0415
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-0416
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-0417
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-0418
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-0419
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-0420
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-0591
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-0592
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 30245
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2008-0103.nasl
Version: 1.27
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 2/11/2008
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
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: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.1, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/7/2008
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/8/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-0412, CVE-2008-0413, CVE-2008-0415, CVE-2008-0416, CVE-2008-0417, CVE-2008-0418, CVE-2008-0419, CVE-2008-0420, CVE-2008-0591, CVE-2008-0592, CVE-2008-0593