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Firefox ESR 17.x < 17.0.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 69264
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Synopsis
The remote Mac OS X host contains a web browser that is potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
The installed version of Firefox ESR 17.x is earlier than 17.0.8 and is, therefore, potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities :- Various errors exist that could allow memory corruption conditions. (CVE-2013-1701)
- Unspecified errors exist related to HTML frames and history handling, JavaScript URI handling and web workers using 'XMLHttpRequest' that could allow cross-site scripting attacks. (CVE-2013-1709, CVE-2013-1713, CVE-2013-1714)
- An unspecified error exists related to generating 'Certificate Request Message Format' (CRMF) requests that could allow cross-site scripting attacks.
(CVE-2013-1710)
- An error exists related to Java applets and 'file:///' URIs that could allow read-only access to arbitrary files. (CVE-2013-1717)
Solution
Upgrade to Firefox 17.0.8 ESR or later.See Also
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-63/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-68/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-69/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-72/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-73/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-75/
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 69264
File Name: macosx_firefox_17_0_8_esr.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: local
Agent: macosx
Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks
Published: 8/8/2013
Updated: 11/27/2019
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-2013-1710
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr
Required KB Items: MacOSX/Firefox/Installed
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/6/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/6/2013
Exploitable With
Metasploit (Firefox 5.0 - 15.0.1 __exposedProps__ XCS Code Execution)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-1701, CVE-2013-1709, CVE-2013-1710, CVE-2013-1713, CVE-2013-1714, CVE-2013-1717