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Firefox < 18.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities
critical Nessus Plugin ID 63551
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Synopsis
The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
The installed version of Firefox is earlier than 18.0 and thus, is potentially affected by the following security issues :- Multiple, unspecified use-after-free, out-of-bounds read and buffer overflow errors exist. (CVE-2012-5829, CVE-2013-0760, CVE-2013-0761, CVE-2013-0762, CVE-2013-0763, CVE-2013-0766, CVE-2013-0767, CVE-2013-0771)
- 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 the 'AutoWrapperChanger' class that does not properly manage objects during garbage collection. (CVE-2012-0745)
- An error exists related to 'jsval', 'quickstubs', and compartmental mismatches that can lead potentially exploitable crashes. (CVE-2013-0746)
- Errors exist related to events in the plugin handler that can allow same-origin policy bypass.
(CVE-2013-0747)
- An error related to the 'toString' method of XBL objects can lead to address information leakage.
(CVE-2013-0748)
- An unspecified memory corruption issue exists.
(CVE-2013-0749, CVE-2013-0769, CVE-2013-0770)
- A buffer overflow exists related to JavaScript string concatenation. (CVE-2013-0750)
- An error exists related to multiple XML bindings with SVG content, contained in XBL files. (CVE-2013-0752)
- 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)
- A use-after-free error exists related to the 'Vibrate' library and 'domDoc'. (CVE-2013-0755)
- A use-after-free error exists related to JavaScript 'Proxy' objects. (CVE-2013-0756)
- 'Chrome Object Wrappers' (COW) can be bypassed by changing object prototypes and can allow arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2013-0757)
- An error related to SVG elements and plugins can allow privilege escalation. (CVE-2013-0758)
- An error exists related to the address bar that can allow URL spoofing attacks. (CVE-2013-0759)
- An error exists related to SSL and threading that can result in potentially exploitable crashes.
(CVE-2013-0764)
- An error exists related to 'Canvas' and bad height or width values passed to it from HTML. (CVE-2013-0768)
Solution
Upgrade to Firefox 18.0 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-13-037/
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-13-038/
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/mfsa2013-03/
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/mfsa2013-07/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-08/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-09/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-10/
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/mfsa2013-13/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-14/
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/mfsa2013-18/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-19/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-20/
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 63551
File Name: mozilla_firefox_180.nasl
Version: 1.20
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 1/15/2013
Updated: 12/4/2019
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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-2013-0770
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox
Required KB Items: Mozilla/Firefox/Version
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-2013-0745, CVE-2013-0746, CVE-2013-0747, CVE-2013-0748, CVE-2013-0749, CVE-2013-0750, CVE-2013-0752, CVE-2013-0753, CVE-2013-0754, CVE-2013-0755, CVE-2013-0756, CVE-2013-0757, CVE-2013-0758, CVE-2013-0759, CVE-2013-0760, CVE-2013-0761, CVE-2013-0763, CVE-2013-0764, CVE-2013-0766, CVE-2013-0767, CVE-2013-0768, CVE-2013-0769, CVE-2013-0770, CVE-2013-0771
BID: 57193, 57194, 57195, 57196, 57197, 57198, 57199, 57203, 57204, 57205, 57207, 57209, 57211, 57213, 57215, 57217, 57218, 57228, 57232, 57234, 57235, 57236, 57238, 57240, 57241, 57244, 57258