Firefox 3.6 < 3.6.23 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)

high Nessus Plugin ID 56376

Synopsis

The remote Mac OS X host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The installed version of Firefox 3.6 is earlier than 3.6.23. Such versions 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. (CVE-2011-2998)

- 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 errors 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

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2011-36/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2011-37/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2011-38/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2011-39/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2011-40/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 56376

File Name: macosx_firefox_3_6_23.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 10/3/2011

Updated: 7/14/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox

Required KB Items: MacOSX/Firefox/Installed

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

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-2011-2998, CVE-2011-2999, CVE-2011-3000

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