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Firefox < 10.0.11 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 62993
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Synopsis
The remote Mac OS X host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
The installed version of Firefox is earlier than 10.0.11 and thus, is potentially affected by the following security issues :- Several memory safety bugs exist in the browser engine used in Mozilla-based products that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2012-5843)
- An error exists in the method 'image::RasterImage::DrawFrameTo' related to GIF images that could allow a heap-based buffer overflow leading to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2012-4202)
- Errors exist related to 'evalInSandbox', 'HZ-GB-2312' charset, frames and the 'location' object, the 'Style Inspector', and 'cross-origin wrappers' that could allow cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. (CVE-2012-4201, CVE-2012-4207, CVE-2012-4209, CVE-2012-4210, CVE-2012-5841)
- Various use-after-free, out-of-bounds read and buffer overflow errors exist that could potentially lead to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2012-4214, CVE-2012-4215, CVE-2012-4216, CVE-2012-5829, CVE-2012-5830, CVE-2012-5833, CVE-2012-5835, CVE-2012-5839, CVE-2012-5840)
Please note the 10.x ESR branch will be unsupported as of 02/13/2013.
Only the 17.x ESR branch will receive security updates after that date.
Solution
Upgrade to Firefox 10.0.11 ESR or later.See Also
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-91/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-92/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-93/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-100/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-101/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-103/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-104/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-105/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-106/
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 62993
File Name: macosx_firefox_10_0_11.nasl
Version: 1.18
Type: local
Agent: macosx
Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks
Published: 11/21/2012
Updated: 12/4/2019
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, 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
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-5843
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox
Required KB Items: MacOSX/Firefox/Installed
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/20/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/20/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-4201, CVE-2012-4202, CVE-2012-4207, CVE-2012-4209, CVE-2012-4210, CVE-2012-4214, CVE-2012-4215, CVE-2012-4216, CVE-2012-5829, CVE-2012-5830, CVE-2012-5833, CVE-2012-5835, CVE-2012-5839, CVE-2012-5840, CVE-2012-5841, CVE-2012-5843
BID: 56612, 56614, 56618, 56628, 56629, 56631, 56632, 56633, 56634, 56635, 56636, 56637, 56641, 56642, 56643, 56646