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Fedora 8 : seamonkey-1.1.11-1.fc8 (2008-6517)
high Nessus Plugin ID 33541
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
Updated seamonkey packages that fix several security issues are now available for Fedora 8. An integer overflow flaw was found in the way SeaMonkey displayed certain web content. A malicious website could cause SeaMonkey to crash, or execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running SeaMonkey. (CVE-2008-2785) Updated packages update SeaMonkey to upstream version 1.1.11 to address this flaw: http://www.mozilla.org/security/known- vulnerabilities/seamonkey11.html#seamonkey1.1.11Note 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 seamonkey package.See Also
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 33541
File Name: fedora_2008-6517.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 7/18/2008
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 8.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:8, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:seamonkey
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/18/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-2785
BID: 29802