GLSA-200604-12 : Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities
critical Nessus Plugin ID 21277
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VPR Score: 6.7
Synopsis
The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200604-12 (Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities)Several vulnerabilities were found in Mozilla Firefox. Versions 1.0.8 and 1.5.0.2 were released to fix them.
Impact :
A remote attacker could craft malicious web pages that would leverage these issues to inject and execute arbitrary script code with elevated privileges, steal local files, cookies or other information from web pages, and spoof content. Some of these vulnerabilities might even be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the rights of the browser user.
Workaround :
There are no known workarounds for all the issues at this time.
Solution
All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version:# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/mozilla-firefox-1.0.8' All Mozilla Firefox binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin-1.0.8'
See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 21277
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200604-12.nasl
Version: 1.22
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 4/26/2006
Updated: 1/6/2021
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl
Risk Information
Risk Factor: Critical
VPR Score: 6.7
CVSS v2.0
Base Score: 10
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mozilla-firefox, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mozilla-firefox-bin, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Patch Publication Date: 4/23/2006
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/7/2005
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2005-4134, CVE-2006-0292, CVE-2006-0296, CVE-2006-0748, CVE-2006-0749, CVE-2006-1727, CVE-2006-1728, CVE-2006-1729, CVE-2006-1730, CVE-2006-1731, CVE-2006-1732, CVE-2006-1733, CVE-2006-1734, CVE-2006-1735, CVE-2006-1736, CVE-2006-1737, CVE-2006-1738, CVE-2006-1739, CVE-2006-1740, CVE-2006-1741, CVE-2006-1742, CVE-2006-1790