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Firefox < 10.0.12 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 63542
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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 10.0.12 and thus, is potentially affected by the following security issues :- Two intermediate certificates were improperly issued by TURKTRUST certificate authority. (CVE-2013-0743)
- A use-after-free error exists related to displaying HTML tables with many columns and column groups.
(CVE-2013-0744)
- An error exists related to 'jsval', 'quickstubs', and compartmental mismatches that could lead to potentially exploitable crashes. (CVE-2013-0746)
- An error related to the 'toString' method of XBL objects could lead to address information leakage.
(CVE-2013-0748)
- A buffer overflow exists related to JavaScript string concatenation. (CVE-2013-0750)
- A use-after-free error exists related to 'XMLSerializer' and 'serializeToStream'.
(CVE-2013-0753)
- A use-after-free error exists related to garbage collection and 'ListenManager'. (CVE-2013-0754)
- An error related to SVG elements and plugins could allow privilege escalation. (CVE-2013-0758)
- An error exists related to the address bar that could allow URL spoofing attacks. (CVE-2013-0759)
- Multiple, unspecified use-after-free, out-of-bounds read and buffer overflow errors exist. (CVE-2013-0762, CVE-2013-0766, CVE-2013-0767)
- An unspecified memory corruption issue exists.
(CVE-2013-0769)
Please note the 10.x ESR branch will no longer be supported as of 02/13/2013. Only the 17.x ESR branch will receive security updates after that date.
Solution
Upgrade to Firefox 10.0.12 ESR or later.See Also
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-13-003/
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-13-006/
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-13-039/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-01/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-02/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-04/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-05/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-09/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-11/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-12/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-15/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-16/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-17/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-20/
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 63542
File Name: macosx_firefox_10_0_12.nasl
Version: 1.19
Type: local
Agent: macosx
Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks
Published: 1/15/2013
Updated: 12/4/2019
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.5
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 8.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-0769
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox
Required KB Items: MacOSX/Firefox/Installed
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/8/2013
Exploitable With
Core Impact
Metasploit (Firefox 17.0.1 Flash Privileged Code Injection)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-0744, CVE-2013-0746, CVE-2013-0748, CVE-2013-0750, CVE-2013-0753, CVE-2013-0754, CVE-2013-0758, CVE-2013-0759, CVE-2013-0762, CVE-2013-0766, CVE-2013-0767, CVE-2013-0769
BID: 57217, 57218, 57228, 57232, 57234, 57235, 57238, 57258, 57193, 57194, 57195, 57203, 57209