SuSE 11 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SAT Patch Number 1001)

high Nessus Plugin ID 41356

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Mozilla Firefox browser was updated to version 3.0.11, fixing various bugs and security issues :

- Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.9.0.11). (MFSA 2009-24 / CVE-2009-1392 / CVE-2009-1832 / CVE-2009-1833)

- (bmo#479413) URL spoofing with invalid unicode characters. (MFSA 2009-25 / CVE-2009-1834)

- (bmo#491801) Arbitrary domain cookie access by local file: resources. (MFSA 2009-26 / CVE-2009-1835)

- (bmo#479880) SSL tampering via non-200 responses to proxy CONNECT requests. (MFSA 2009-27 / CVE-2009-1836)

- (bmo#486269) Race condition while accessing the private data of a NPObject JS wrapper class object. (MFSA 2009-28 / CVE-2009-1837)

- (bmo#489131) Arbitrary code execution using event listeners attached to an element whose owner document is null. (MFSA 2009-29 / CVE-2009-1838)

- (bmo#479943) Incorrect principal set for file: resources loaded via location bar. (MFSA 2009-30 / CVE-2009-1839)

- (bmo#477979) XUL scripts bypass content-policy checks.
(MFSA 2009-31 / CVE-2009-1840)

- (bmo#479560) JavaScript chrome privilege escalation.
(MFSA 2009-32 / CVE-2009-1841)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 1001.

See Also

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-25.html

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-26.html

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-27.html

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-28.html

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-29.html

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-30.html

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-31.html

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-32.html

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-24.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=505563

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1392.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1832.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1833.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1835.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1836.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1838.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1841.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1834.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1837.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1839.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1840.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 41356

File Name: suse_11_MozillaFirefox-090615.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:mozillafirefox, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:mozillafirefox-translations, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:mozilla-xulrunner190, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:mozilla-xulrunner190-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:mozilla-xulrunner190-gnomevfs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:mozilla-xulrunner190-gnomevfs-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:mozilla-xulrunner190-translations, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:mozilla-xulrunner190-translations-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 6/15/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1392, CVE-2009-1832, CVE-2009-1833, CVE-2009-1834, CVE-2009-1835, CVE-2009-1836, CVE-2009-1837, CVE-2009-1838, CVE-2009-1839, CVE-2009-1840, CVE-2009-1841

CWE: 20, 200, 264, 287, 362, 94