Firefox < 3.5.14 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 50084

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Synopsis

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

Description

The installed version of Firefox is earlier than 3.5.14. Such versions are potentially affected by the following security issues :

- Multiple memory safety bugs could lead to memory corruption, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution. (MFSA 2010-64)

- By passing an excessively long string to 'document.write', it may be possible to trigger a buffer overflow condition resulting in arbitrary code execution on the remote system. (MFSA 2010-65)

- A use-after-free error in nsBarProp could allow arbitrary code execution on the remote system.
(MFSA 2010-66)

- A dangling pointer vulnerability in LookupGetterOrSetter could allow arbitrary code execution. (MFSA 2010-67)

- The Gopher parser is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability. (MFSA 2010-68)

- It is possible to steal information from a site in a different domain using modal calls. (MFSA 2010-69)

- It is possible to establish a valid SSL connection to a remote host, provided the SSL certificate was created with a common name containing a wild card followed by partial IP address of the remote host.
(MFSA 2010-70)

- A function used to load external libraries on Windows platform could allow loading of unsafe DLLs thus allowing binary planting attacks. (MFSA 2010-71)

- The SSL implementation allows servers to use Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral mode (DHE) with a very short key length. Such key lengths could be easily breakable with modern hardware. (MFSA 2010-72)

Solution

Upgrade to Firefox 3.5.14 or later.

See Also

https://www.westpoint.ltd.uk/advisories/wp-10-0001.txt

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-219/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2010-64/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2010-65/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2010-66/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2010-67/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2010-68/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2010-69/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2010-70/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2010-71/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2010-72/

http://www.nessus.org/u?5e2e67ea

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 50084

File Name: mozilla_firefox_3514.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 10/21/2010

Updated: 11/15/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/19/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/14/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-3170, CVE-2010-3173, CVE-2010-3174, CVE-2010-3176, CVE-2010-3177, CVE-2010-3178, CVE-2010-3179, CVE-2010-3180, CVE-2010-3181, CVE-2010-3183

BID: 42817, 44243, 44246, 44247, 44248, 44249, 44250, 44252, 44253

Secunia: 41244