Mozilla Firefox ESR < 52.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 99628

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Synopsis

The remote macOS or Mac OS X host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Mozilla Firefox ESR installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 52.1. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities :

- Multiple buffer overflow conditions exist in the FLEX generated code due to improper validation of certain input. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit these to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-6354, CVE-2017-5469)

- Multiple flaws exist in the Libevent library, within files evdns.c and evutil.c, due to improper validation of input when handling IP address strings, empty base name strings, and DNS packets. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit these to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code.
(CVE-2016-10195, CVE-2016-10196, CVE-2016-10197)

- Multiple memory corruption issues exist that allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5429, CVE-2017-5430)

- A use-after-free error exists in input text selection that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5432)

- A use-after-free error exists in the SMIL animation functions when handling animation elements. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5433)

- A use-after-free error exists when redirecting focus handling that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5434)

- A use-after-free error exists in design mode interactions when handling transaction processing in the editor. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5435)

- An out-of-bounds write error exists in the Graphite 2 library when handling specially crafted Graphite fonts.
An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5436)

- A use-after-free error exists in the nsAutoPtr() function during XSLT processing due to the result handler being held by a freed handler. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5438)

- A use-after-free error exists in the Length() function in nsTArray when handling template parameters during XSLT processing. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5439)

- A use-after-free error exists in the txExecutionState destructor when processing XSLT content. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5440)

- A use-after-free error exists when holding a selection during scroll events. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code.
(CVE-2017-5441)

- A use-after-free error exists when changing styles in DOM elements that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5442)

- An out-of-bounds write error exists while decoding improperly formed BinHex format archives that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code.
(CVE-2017-5443)

- A buffer overflow condition exists while parsing application/http-index-format format content due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via improperly formatted data, to disclose out-of-bounds memory content. (CVE-2017-5444)

- A flaw exists in nsDirIndexParser.cpp when parsing application/http-index-format format content in which uninitialized values are used to create an array. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to disclose memory contents. (CVE-2017-5445)

- An out-of-bounds read error exists when handling HTTP/2 DATA connections to a server that sends DATA frames with incorrect content. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit to cause a denial of service condition or the disclosure of memory contents. (CVE-2017-5446)

- An out-of-bounds read error exists when processing glyph widths during text layout. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the disclosure of memory contents.
(CVE-2017-5447)

- An out-of-bounds write error exists in the ClearKeyDecryptor::Decrypt() function within file ClearKeyDecryptionManager.cpp when decrypting Clearkey-encrypted media content. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code.
This vulnerability can only be exploited if a secondary mechanism can be used to escape the Gecko Media Plugin (GMP) sandbox. (CVE-2017-5448)

- A flaw exists when handling bidirectional Unicode text in conjunction with CSS animations that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition or the execution or arbitrary code.
(CVE-2017-5449)

- A flaw exists in the handling of specially crafted 'onblur' events. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted event, to spoof the address bar, making the loaded site appear to be different from the one actually loaded. (CVE-2017-5451)

- A flaw exists in the FileSystemSecurity::Forget() function within file FileSystemSecurity.cpp when using the File Picker due to improper sanitization of input containing path traversal sequences. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to bypass file system access protections in the sandbox and read arbitrary files on the local file system. (CVE-2017-5454)

- An unspecified flaw exists in the internal feed reader APIs when handling messages. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to escape the sandbox and gain elevated privileges if it can be combined with another vulnerability that allows remote code execution inside the sandboxed process. (CVE-2017-5455)

- A flaw exists in the Entries API when using a file system request constructor through an IPC message. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to bypass file system access protections in the sandbox and gain read and write access to the local file system.
(CVE-2017-5456)

- A buffer overflow condition exists in WebGL when handling web content due to improper validation of certain input. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5459)

- A use-after-free error exists in frame selection when handling a specially crafted combination of script content and key presses by the user. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code.
(CVE-2017-5460)

- An out-of-bounds write error exists in the Network Security Services (NSS) library during Base64 decoding operations due to insufficient memory being allocated to a buffer. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5461)

- A flaw exists in the Network Security Services (NSS) library during DRBG number generation due to the internal state V not correctly carrying bits over. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to potentially cause predictable random number generation.
(CVE-2017-5462)

- A flaw exists when making changes to DOM content in the accessibility tree due to improper validation of certain input, which can lead to the DOM tree becoming out of sync with the accessibility tree. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to corrupt memory, resulting in a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5464)

- An out-of-bounds read error exists in ConvolvePixel when processing SVG content, which allows for otherwise inaccessible memory being copied into SVG graphic content. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to disclose memory contents or cause a denial of service condition. (CVE-2017-5465)

- A cross-site script (XSS) vulnerability exists due to improper handling of data:text/html URL redirects when a reload is triggered, which causes the reloaded data:text/html page to have its origin set incorrectly.
An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted request, to execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session. (CVE-2017-5466)

- A memory corruption issue exists when rendering Skia content outside of the bounds of a clipping region due to improper validation of certain input. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5467)

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 52.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 99628

File Name: macosx_firefox_52_1_esr.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 4/24/2017

Updated: 1/16/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-5469

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr

Required KB Items: MacOSX/Firefox/Version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/19/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/27/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10195, CVE-2016-10196, CVE-2016-10197, CVE-2016-6354, CVE-2017-5429, CVE-2017-5430, CVE-2017-5432, CVE-2017-5433, CVE-2017-5434, CVE-2017-5435, CVE-2017-5436, CVE-2017-5438, CVE-2017-5439, CVE-2017-5440, CVE-2017-5441, CVE-2017-5442, CVE-2017-5443, CVE-2017-5444, CVE-2017-5445, CVE-2017-5446, CVE-2017-5447, CVE-2017-5448, CVE-2017-5449, CVE-2017-5451, CVE-2017-5454, CVE-2017-5455, CVE-2017-5456, CVE-2017-5459, CVE-2017-5460, CVE-2017-5461, CVE-2017-5462, CVE-2017-5464, CVE-2017-5465, CVE-2017-5466, CVE-2017-5467, CVE-2017-5469

BID: 92141, 96014, 97940

MFSA: 2017-12

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