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GLSA-200605-06 : Mozilla Firefox: Potential remote code execution

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21348

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200605-06 (Mozilla Firefox: Potential remote code execution)

 Martijn Wargers and Nick Mott discovered a vulnerability when rendering malformed JavaScript content. The Mozilla Firefox 1.0 line is not affected.
 Impact :

 If JavaScript is enabled, by tricking a user into visiting a malicious web page which would send a specially crafted HTML script that contains references to deleted objects with the 'designMode' property enabled, an attacker can crash the web browser and in theory manage to execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running the browser.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Mozilla Firefox 1.5 users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.3' All Mozilla Firefox 1.5 binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin-1.5.0.3'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200605-06

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21348

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200605-06.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 5/13/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mozilla-firefox, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mozilla-firefox-bin, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 5/6/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/23/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-1993

GLSA: 200605-06