Firefox < 1.0.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Log Correlation Engine Plugin ID 800781

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote host is using Firefox. The installed version of Firefox contains various security issues, several of which are critical as they can be easily exploited to execute arbitrary shell code on the remote host.

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.0.7 or higher.

See Also

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/407704

http://security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x17-advisory.txt

http://www.mozilla.org/security/idn.html

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2005/mfsa2005-58.html

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-58.html