CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2011:1437)
high Nessus Plugin ID 56781
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VPR Score: 5.9
Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated firefox packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser. XULRunner provides the XUL Runtime environment for Mozilla Firefox.
A flaw was found in the way Firefox handled certain add-ons. A web page containing malicious content could cause an add-on to grant itself full browser privileges, which could lead to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running Firefox.
(CVE-2011-3647)
A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in the way Firefox handled certain multibyte character sets. A web page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to run JavaScript code with the permissions of a different website. (CVE-2011-3648)
A flaw was found in the way Firefox handled large JavaScript scripts.
A web page containing malicious JavaScript could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2011-3650)
For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla security advisories for Firefox 3.6.24. You can find a link to the Mozilla advisories in the References section of this erratum.
All Firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Firefox version 3.6.24, which corrects these issues. After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect.
Solution
Update the affected firefox packages.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?0a332ec1
http://www.nessus.org/u?f880a7ba
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 56781
File Name: centos_RHSA-2011-1437.nasl
Version: 1.11
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 11/14/2011
Updated: 1/4/2021
Dependencies: 12634
Risk Information
Risk Factor: High
VPR Score: 5.9
CVSS v2.0
Base Score: 9.3
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:firefox, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xulrunner, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xulrunner-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2011
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/9/2011
Reference Information
RHSA: 2011:1437