Netscape/Mozilla/Galeon Long IRC Channel Name Overflow (deprecated)

critical Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 1327

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote host is running a version of the Mozilla browser that is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. Specifically the browser will crash when handling an exceptionally long request (32kb+) for a channel. The vulnerability may be used to crash the browser and/or allow the execution of arbitrary code on the client host.

Solution

Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 1327

Family: SMTP Clients

Published: 8/20/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

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:X/RL:O/RC:C

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-0593, CVE-2002-1126

BID: 5694

Detections

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