Debian DSA-1840-1 : xulrunner - several vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 44705

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xulrunner, a runtime environment for XUL applications, such as the Iceweasel web browser. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2009-2462 Martijn Wargers, Arno Renevier, Jesse Ruderman, Olli Pettay and Blake Kaplan discovered several issues in the browser engine that could potentially lead to the execution of arbitrary code. (MFSA 2009-34)

- CVE-2009-2463 monarch2020 reported an integer overflow in a base64 decoding function. (MFSA 2009-34)

- CVE-2009-2464 Christophe Charron reported a possibly exploitable crash occurring when multiple RDF files were loaded in a XUL tree element. (MFSA 2009-34)

- CVE-2009-2465 Yongqian Li reported that an unsafe memory condition could be created by specially crafted document. (MFSA 2009-34)

- CVE-2009-2466 Peter Van der Beken, Mike Shaver, Jesse Ruderman, and Carsten Book discovered several issues in the JavaScript engine that could possibly lead to the execution of arbitrary JavaScript. (MFSA 2009-34)

- CVE-2009-2467 Attila Suszter discovered an issue related to a specially crafted Flash object, which could be used to run arbitrary code. (MFSA 2009-35)

- CVE-2009-2469 PenPal discovered that it is possible to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted SVG element.
(MFSA 2009-37)

- CVE-2009-2471 Blake Kaplan discovered a flaw in the JavaScript engine that might allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges. (MFSA 2009-39)

- CVE-2009-2472 moz_bug_r_a4 discovered an issue in the JavaScript engine that could be used to perform cross-site scripting attacks. (MFSA 2009-40)

Solution

Upgrade the xulrunner packages.

For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 1.9.0.12-0lenny1.

As indicated in the Etch release notes, security support for the Mozilla products in the oldstable distribution needed to be stopped before the end of the regular Etch security maintenance life cycle.
You are strongly encouraged to upgrade to stable or switch to a still supported browser.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 44705

File Name: debian_DSA-1840.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/24/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xulrunner, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/23/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2462, CVE-2009-2463, CVE-2009-2464, CVE-2009-2465, CVE-2009-2466, CVE-2009-2467, CVE-2009-2469, CVE-2009-2471, CVE-2009-2472

BID: 35765, 35766, 35767, 35769, 35770, 35772, 35773, 35775, 35776

CWE: 189, 399, 79

DSA: 1840

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