SuSE 11.2 Security Update : Mozilla Firefox (SAT Patch Number 7464)

high Nessus Plugin ID 65596

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Mozilla Firefox has been updated to the 17.0.4ESR release which fixes one important security issue :

- VUPEN Security, via TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative, reported a use-after-free within the HTML editor when content script is run by the document.execCommand() function while internal editor operations are occurring.
This could allow for arbitrary code execution. (MFSA 2013-29 / CVE-2013-0787)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 7464.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 65596

File Name: suse_11_firefox-201303-130311.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 3/17/2013

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:mozillafirefox, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:mozillafirefox-translations, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/11/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0787

Detections

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