SuSE 11 Security Update : Mozilla Firefox (SAT Patch Number 1779)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 44374

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Mozilla Firefox was upgraded to 3.5.7 fixing some bugs and regressions.

The following security bug has been fixed :

- The nsObserverList::FillObserverArray function in xpcom/ds/nsObserverList.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted website that triggers memory consumption and an accompanying Low Memory alert dialog, and also triggers attempted removal of an observer from an empty observers array.
(CVE-2010-0220)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 1779.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 44374

File Name: suse_11_MozillaFirefox-100111.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 2/2/2010

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: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:mozillafirefox-translations, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:mozilla-xulrunner191-gnomevfs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:mozilla-xulrunner191-gnomevfs-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:mozillafirefox, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:mozilla-xulrunner191, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:mozilla-xulrunner191-translations-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:mozilla-xulrunner191-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:mozilla-xulrunner191-translations

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 1/11/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0220

CWE: 399

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