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Mozilla Firefox < 1.7.5 NNTP Remote Heap Overflow

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2481

Synopsis

The remote host has a web browser installed that is vulnerable to a heap overflow.

Description

Versions of Mozilla Firefox prior to 1.7.5 are vulnerable to a heap overflow against its NNTP functionality. This may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the remote host. To exploit this flaw, an attacker would need to set up a rogue website and lure a victim on the remote host into visiting it.

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox 1.7.5 or later.

See Also

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-06.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 2481

Family: Web Clients

Published: 12/30/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 16085

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1316, CVE-2005-0141, CVE-2005-0143, CVE-2005-0144, CVE-2005-0145, CVE-2005-0146, CVE-2005-0147, CVE-2005-0148, CVE-2005-0149, CVE-2005-0150

BID: 12131, 12407