SuSE 11.3 Security Update : Mozilla Firefox (SAT Patch Number 9185)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 74006

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla NSS update to 24.5.0esr fixes the following several security and non-security issues :

- Miscellaneous memory safety hazards. (MFSA 2014-34 / CVE-2014-1518)

- Out of bounds read while decoding JPG images. (MFSA 2014-37 / CVE-2014-1523)

- Buffer overflow when using non-XBL object as XBL. (MFSA 2014-38 / CVE-2014-1524)

- Privilege escalation through Web Notification API. (MFSA 2014-42 / CVE-2014-1529)

- Cross-site scripting (XSS) using history navigations.
(MFSA 2014-43 / CVE-2014-1530)

- Use-after-free in imgLoader while resizing images. (MFSA 2014-44 / CVE-2014-1531)

- Use-after-free in nsHostResolver Mozilla NSS has been updated to 3.16:. (MFSA 2014-46 / CVE-2014-1532)

- required for Firefox 29

- In a wildcard certificate, the wildcard character should not be embedded within the U-label of an internationalized domain name. See the last bullet point in RFC 6125, Section 7.2. (CVE-2014-1492)

- Update of root certificates.

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 9185.

See Also

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-34.html

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-37.html

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-38.html

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-42.html

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-43.html

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-44.html

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-46.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865539

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=869827

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=875378

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=875803

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1492.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1518.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1520.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1523.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1524.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1529.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1530.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1531.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1532.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 74006

File Name: suse_11_MozillaFirefox-201404-140501.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/14/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:mozillafirefox-translations, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:mozilla-nspr-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:mozilla-nspr, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:mozillafirefox, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:mozillafirefox-branding-sled, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libsoftokn3-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:mozilla-nss, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libfreebl3-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:mozilla-nss-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libfreebl3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libsoftokn3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:mozilla-nss-32bit

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-1492, CVE-2014-1518, CVE-2014-1520, CVE-2014-1523, CVE-2014-1524, CVE-2014-1529, CVE-2014-1530, CVE-2014-1531, CVE-2014-1532