Mozilla Firefox 3.6 < 3.6.23 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 6027

Synopsis

The remote host has a web browser installed that is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.

Description

The remote host has a web browser installed that is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.

Versions of Firefox 3.6 earlier than 3.6.23 are potentially affected by the following security issues :
- An integer underflow exists when handling a large JavaScript 'RegExp' expression that can allow a potentially exploitable crash. (Issue 684815)
- If an attacker could trick a user into holding down the 'Enter' key, via a malicious game for example, a malicious application or extension could be downloaded and executed. (CVE-2011-2372)
- Unspecified error exist that can be exploited to corrupt memory. No additional information is available at this time. (CVE-2011-2995, CVE-2011-2996)
- There is an error in the implementation of the 'window.location' JavaScript object when creating named frames. This can be exploited to bypass the same-origin policy and potentially conduct cross-site scripting attacks. (CVE-2011-2999)
- A weakness exists when handling the 'Location' header. This can lead to response splitting attacks when visiting a vulnerable web server. The same fix has been applied to the headers 'Content-Length' and 'Content-Disposition'. (CVE-2011-3000)

Solution

Upgrade to Firefox 3.6.23 or later.

See Also

http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox36.html#firefox3.6.23

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-36.html

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-37.html

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-38.html

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-39.html

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-40.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 6027

Family: Web Clients

Published: 9/29/2011

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 56334

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox

Patch Publication Date: 9/27/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/27/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2372, CVE-2011-2995, CVE-2011-2996, CVE-2011-2999, CVE-2011-3000

BID: 49809, 49810, 49811, 49845, 49848, 49849