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Firefox 3.6 < 3.6.20 Multiple Vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 55901
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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 3.6 is earlier than 3.6.20. As such, it is potentially affected by the following security issues :- A dangling pointer vulnerability exists in an SVG text manipulation routine. (CVE-2011-0084)
- A DOM accounting error exists in the 'appendChild' JavaScript function that can allow an invalid pointer to be dereferenced. (CVE-2011-2378)
- An error exists in 'ThinkPadSensor::Startup' that can allow malicious DLLs to be loaded. (CVE-2011-2980)
- An error exists in the event management code that can allow JavaScript to execute in the context of a different website and possibly in the chrome-privileged context. (CVE-2011-2981)
- Various unspecified memory safety issues exist. (CVE-2011-2982)
- A cross-domain information disclosure vulnerability exists if the configuration option 'RegExp.input' is set. (CVE-2011-2983)
- A privilege escalation vulnerability exists if web content is registered to handle 'drop' events and a browser tab is dropped in that element's area. This can allow the web content to execute with browser chrome privileges. (CVE-2011-2984)
Solution
Upgrade to Firefox 3.6.20 or later.See Also
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2011-30/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 55901
File Name: mozilla_firefox_3620.nasl
Version: 1.15
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 8/18/2011
Updated: 11/15/2018
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 8.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 8.1
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: 8/16/2011
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/16/2011
Exploitable With
ExploitHub (EH-11-772)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-0084, CVE-2011-2378, CVE-2011-2980, CVE-2011-2981, CVE-2011-2982, CVE-2011-2983, CVE-2011-2984