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Debian DSA-837-1 : mozilla-firefox - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 19806

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Tom Ferris discovered a bug in the IDN hostname handling of Mozilla Firefox, which is also present in the other browsers from the same family that allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a hostname with dashes.

Solution

Upgrade the mozilla-firefox package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.4-2sarge4.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=327452

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-837

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19806

File Name: debian_DSA-837.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/5/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mozilla-firefox, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 10/2/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/8/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2871

DSA: 837