FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (12b336c6-fe36-11dc-b09c-001c2514716c)

high Nessus Plugin ID 31714

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The Mozilla Foundation reports of multiple security issues in Firefox, SeaMonkey, and Thunderbird. Several of these issues can probably be used to run arbitrary code with the privilege of the user running the program.

- MFSA 2008-19 XUL popup spoofing variant (cross-tab popups)

- MFSA 2008-18 Java socket connection to any local port via LiveConnect

- MFSA 2008-17 Privacy issue with SSL Client Authentication

- MFSA 2008-16 HTTP Referrer spoofing with malformed URLs

- MFSA 2008-15 Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.8.1.13)

- MFSA 2008-14 JavaScript privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?fe5374e1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 31714

File Name: freebsd_pkg_12b336c6fe3611dcb09c001c2514716c.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Published: 3/31/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:firefox, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:flock, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:linux-firefox, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:linux-firefox-devel, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:linux-flock, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:linux-seamonkey, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:linux-seamonkey-devel, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:linux-thunderbird, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:seamonkey, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:thunderbird, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/30/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/26/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4879, CVE-2008-1233, CVE-2008-1234, CVE-2008-1235, CVE-2008-1236, CVE-2008-1237, CVE-2008-1238, CVE-2008-1240, CVE-2008-1241

BID: 28448

CWE: 287, 399, 59, 79, 94