Detections
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Mozilla Firefox < 2.0.0.16 / 3.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4588
Synopsis
The remote host has a web browser installed that is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.Description
The installed version of Firefox is affected by various security issues :- By creating a very large number of references to a common CSS object, an attacker can overflow the CSS reference counter, causing a crash when the browser attempts to free the CSS object while still in use and allowing for arbitrary code execution (MFSA 2008-34).
- If Firefox is not already running, passing it a command-line URI with pipe ('|') symbols will open multiple tabs, which could be used to launch 'chrome:i' URIs from the command-line or to pass URIs to Firefox that would normally be handled by a vector application (MFSA 2008-35).
Solution
Upgrade to version 2.0.0.16 / 3.0.1 or higher.See Also
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-35.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-34.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 4588
Family: Web Clients
Published: 8/18/2004
Updated: 3/6/2019
Nessus ID: 33505
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.6
Temporal Score: 4.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-2785, CVE-2008-2933