SuSE 11 Security Update : Mozilla XULrunner (SAT Patch Number 1778)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 44379

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Synopsis

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

Description

Mozilla XULrunner was upgraded to 1.9.0.17 fixing some bugs and regressions.

The following security bug has been fixed :

- The nsObserverList::FillObserverArray function in xpcom/ds/nsObserverList.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted website that triggers memory consumption and an accompanying Low Memory alert dialog, and also triggers attempted removal of an observer from an empty observers array.
(CVE-2010-0220)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 1778.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=568011

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0220.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 44379

File Name: suse_11_mozilla-xulrunner190-100111.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/2/2010

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: 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: 1/11/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0220

CWE: 399