SeaMonkey < 2.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 5219
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Synopsis
The remote host is running a web browser that is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.Description
The remote host is running a version of SeaMonkey earlier than 2.0. Such versions are potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities :- A flaw exists in the parsing of regular expressions used in Proxy Auto-configuration (PAC) files. (MFSA 2009-55)
- A heap-based buffer overflow exists in Mozilla's GIF image parser. (MFSA 2009-56)
- When downloading a file containing a right-to-left override character (RTL) in the filename, the name displayed in the dialog title bar conflicts with the name of the file shown in the dialog body. (MFSA 2009-62)
Solution
Upgrade to SeaMonkey 2.0 or later.See Also
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-62.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-55.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-56.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/seamonkey11.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 5219
Family: Web Clients
Published: 10/28/2009
Updated: 3/6/2019
Dependencies: 3538
Nessus ID: 42307
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.6
Temporal Score: 5.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patch Publication Date: 10/27/2009
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/28/2009