Mozilla Browser < 1.7.12 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Log Correlation Engine Plugin ID 801294
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Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote host is using Mozilla, an alternative web browser. The installed version of Mozilla 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 1.7.12 or higher.

See Also

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

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

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

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 801294

Family: Web Clients

Nessus ID: 19718

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0597, CVE-2004-0599, CVE-2004-0718, CVE-2004-0722, CVE-2004-0757, CVE-2004-0758, CVE-2004-0759, CVE-2004-0760, CVE-2004-0761, CVE-2004-0762, CVE-2004-0763, CVE-2004-0764, CVE-2005-0989, CVE-2005-1153, CVE-2005-1154, CVE-2005-1155, CVE-2005-1156, CVE-2005-1157, CVE-2005-1159, CVE-2005-1160, CVE-2005-0399, CVE-2005-1476, CVE-2005-1477, CVE-2005-1531, CVE-2005-1532, CVE-2005-2871, CVE-2005-2701, CVE-2005-2702, CVE-2005-2703, CVE-2005-2704, CVE-2005-2705, CVE-2005-2706, CVE-2005-2707, CVE-2005-2968, CVE-2005-3089, CVE-2005-2602

BID: 15495, 14916, 14917, 14918, 14919, 14920, 14921, 14923, 14924, 14526, 14784