Firefox 3.x < 3.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 33522

Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The installed version of Firefox is affected by various security issues :

- By creating a very large number of references to a common CSS object, an attacker can overflow the CSS reference counter, causing a crash when the browser attempts to free the CSS object while still in use and allowing for arbitrary code execution (MFSA 2008-34).

- If Firefox is not already running, passing it a command-line URI with pipe ('|') symbols will open multiple tabs, which could be used to launch 'chrome:i' URIs from the command-line or to pass URIs to Firefox that would normally be handled by a vector application (MFSA 2008-35).

Solution

Upgrade to Firefox 3.0.1 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-34/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-35/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 33522

File Name: mozilla_firefox_301.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 7/17/2008

Updated: 7/16/2018

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox

Required KB Items: Mozilla/Firefox/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/15/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2785, CVE-2008-2933, CVE-2008-3198

BID: 29802, 30242, 30244

CWE: 189, 20, 94