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RHEL 4 : firefox (RHSA-2008:0598)

high Nessus Plugin ID 33529

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated firefox package that fixes various security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

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.

An integer overflow flaw was found in the way Firefox displayed certain web content. A malicious website could cause Firefox to crash, or execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2008-2785)

A flaw was found in the way Firefox handled certain command line URLs.
If another application passed Firefox a malformed URL, it could result in Firefox executing local malicious content with chrome privileges.
(CVE-2008-2933)

All firefox users should upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches that correct these issues.

Solution

Update the affected firefox package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-2785

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-2933

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0598

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 33529

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2008-0598.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/17/2008

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: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

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: 7/16/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/19/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2785, CVE-2008-2933

BID: 29802, 30242

CWE: 189, 20

RHSA: 2008:0598