SeaMonkey < 2.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 5219
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.