CentOS 4 / 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2012:0079)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 57777
Language:
New! Vulnerability Priority Rating (VPR)
Tenable calculates a dynamic VPR for every vulnerability. VPR combines vulnerability information with threat intelligence and machine learning algorithms to predict which vulnerabilities are most likely to be exploited in attacks. Read more about what VPR is and how it is different from CVSS.
VPR Score: 8.9
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 use-after-free flaw was found in the way Firefox removed nsDOMAttribute child nodes. In certain circumstances, due to the premature notification of AttributeChildRemoved, a malicious script could possibly use this flaw to cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2011-3659)
Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2012-0442)
A flaw was found in the way Firefox parsed Ogg Vorbis media files. A web page containing a malicious Ogg Vorbis media file could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2012-0444)
A flaw was found in the way Firefox parsed certain Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) image files that contained eXtensible Style Sheet Language Transformations (XSLT). A web page containing a malicious SVG image file could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox.
(CVE-2012-0449)
The same-origin policy in Firefox treated http://example.com and http://[example.com] as interchangeable. A malicious script could possibly use this flaw to gain access to sensitive information (such as a client's IP and user e-mail address, or httpOnly cookies) that may be included in HTTP proxy error replies, generated in response to invalid URLs using square brackets. (CVE-2011-3670)
For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla security advisories for Firefox 3.6.26. 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 3.6.26, 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?7fa2cbb6
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 57777
File Name: centos_RHSA-2012-0079.nasl
Version: 1.16
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 2/2/2012
Updated: 1/4/2021
Dependencies: 12634
Risk Information
Risk Factor: Critical
VPR Score: 8.9
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-3659
CVSS v2.0
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 8.7
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Temporal Vector: E:H/RL:OF/RC: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, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/1/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/1/2012
Exploitable With
CANVAS (White_Phosphorus)
Metasploit (Firefox 8/9 AttributeChildRemoved() Use-After-Free)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-3659, CVE-2011-3670, CVE-2012-0442, CVE-2012-0444, CVE-2012-0449
RHSA: 2012:0079