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RHEL 4 / 5 : firefox (RHSA-2008:0222)

high Nessus Plugin ID 31986

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated firefox packages that fix a security bug 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.

A flaw was found in the processing of malformed JavaScript content. A web page containing such malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox. (CVE-2008-1380)

All Firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches that correct these issues.

Solution

Update the affected firefox and / or firefox-devel packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-1380

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0222

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 31986

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2008-0222.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/18/2008

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: Low

Score: 3.6

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: 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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/16/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/17/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1380

BID: 28818

CWE: 399

RHSA: 2008:0222