SuSE 10 Security Update : Mozilla Firefox (ZYPP Patch Number 6771)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 44380

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

Mozilla Firefox was upgraded to 3.5.7 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 ZYPP patch number 6771.

See Also

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 44380

File Name: suse_MozillaFirefox-6771.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/2/2010

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, 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: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux

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