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FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (6a09c80e-6ec7-442a-bc65-d72ce69fd887)

high Nessus Plugin ID 105450

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Mozilla Foundation reports :

CVE-2017-7845: Buffer overflow when drawing and validating elements with ANGLE library using Direct 3D 9

CVE-2017-7846: JavaScript Execution via RSS in mailbox:// origin

CVE-2017-7847: Local path string can be leaked from RSS feed

CVE-2017-7848: RSS Feed vulnerable to new line Injection

CVE-2017-7829: Mailsploit part 1: From address with encoded null character is cut off in message header display

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-30/

http://www.nessus.org/u?06545740

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 105450

File Name: freebsd_pkg_6a09c80e6ec7442abc65d72ce69fd887.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Published: 12/26/2017

Updated: 11/11/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7845

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7846

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:thunderbird, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:linux-thunderbird, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/25/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/22/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7829, CVE-2017-7845, CVE-2017-7846, CVE-2017-7847, CVE-2017-7848