Detections
Analytics
Mozilla Firefox < 2.0.0.19 Multiple Vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4792
Synopsis
The remote host has a web browser installed that is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.Description
The installed version of Firefox is earlier than 2.0.0.19. Such versions are potentially affected by the following security issues :- There are several stability bugs in the browser engine that may lead to crashes with evidence of memory corruption. (MFSA 2008-60)
- XBL bindings can be used to read data from other domains. (MFSA 2008-61)
- The feed preview still allows for JavaScript privilege escalation. (MFSA 2008-62)
- Sensitive data may be disclosed in an XHR response when an XMLHttpRequest is made to a same-origin resource, which 302 redirects to a resource in a different domain. (MFSA 2008-64)
- A website may be able to access a limited amount of data from a different domain by loading a same-domain JavaScript URL which redirects to an off-domain target resource containing data that is not parsable as JavaScript. (MFSA 2008-65)
- Errors arise when parsing URLs with leading whitespace and control characters. (MFSA 2008-66)
- An escaped null byte is ignored by the CSS parser and treated as if it was not present in the CSS input string. (MFSA 2008-67)
- XSS and JavaScript privilege escalation are possible. (MFSA 2008-68)
- XSS vulnerabilities in SessionStore may allow for violating the browser's same-origin policy and performing an XSS attack or running arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges. (MFSA 2008-69) Note that Mozilla is not planning further security / stability updates for Firefox 2.x.
- A denial of service issue when the application handles a maliciously crafted webpage containing a 'HTMLSelectElement' object with a large length attribute.
Solution
Upgrade to version 2.0.0.19, 3.0.5 or higher.See Also
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504969/100/0/threaded
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-60.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-61.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-62.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-64.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-65.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-66.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-67.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-68.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-69.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 4792
Family: Web Clients
Published: 12/17/2008
Updated: 3/6/2019
Nessus ID: 35218
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.6
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: 5.2
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:F/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-5500, CVE-2008-5501, CVE-2008-5502, CVE-2008-5503, CVE-2008-5504, CVE-2008-5505, CVE-2008-5506, CVE-2008-5507, CVE-2008-5508, CVE-2008-5510, CVE-2008-5511, CVE-2008-5512, CVE-2008-5513, CVE-2009-1692