Firefox 3.5 < 3.5.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 43174
Synopsis
The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
The installed version of Firefox is 3.5.x earlier than 3.5.6. Such versions are potentially affected by the following security issues :- Multiple crashes can result in arbitrary code execution. (MFSA 2009-65)
- Multiple vulnerabilities in 'liboggplay' can lead to arbitrary code execution. (MFSA 2009-66)
- An integer overflow in the 'Theora' video library can lead to a crash or the execution of arbitrary code. (MFSA 2009-67)
- The NTLM implementation is vulnerable to reflection attacks in which NTLM credentials from one application can be forwarded to another application. (MFSA 2009-68)
- Multiple location bar spoofing vulnerabilities exist. (MFSA 2009-69)
- A content window which is opened by a chrome window retains a reference to the chrome window via the 'window.opener' property, which can lead to privilege escalation. (MFSA 2009-70)
- The exception messages generated by the 'GeckoActiveXObject' differ based on whether or not the requested COM object's ProgID is present in the system registry. (MFSA 2009-71)
Solution
Upgrade to Firefox 3.5.6 or later.See Also
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2009-65/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2009-66/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2009-67/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2009-68/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2009-69/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2009-70/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2009-71/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 43174
File Name: mozilla_firefox_356.nasl
Version: 1.15
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 12/16/2009
Updated: 7/16/2018
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 6.9
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox
Required KB Items: Mozilla/Firefox/Version
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/15/2009
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/15/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-3388, CVE-2009-3389, CVE-2009-3979, CVE-2009-3980, CVE-2009-3982, CVE-2009-3983, CVE-2009-3984, CVE-2009-3985, CVE-2009-3986, CVE-2009-3987
BID: 37360, 37361, 37362, 37363, 37364, 37365, 37366, 37367, 37368, 37369, 37370