An updated firefox package for CentOS 4/5 addresses critical security flaw
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 199 |
---|---|---|---|---|
RedHat Linux | (RHSA-2009:0315) Critical: firefox security update | 4 Mar 200900:00 | – | redhat |
RedHat Linux | (RHSA-2009:0325) Critical: seamonkey security update | 4 Mar 200900:00 | – | redhat |
RedHat Linux | (RHSA-2009:0258) Moderate: thunderbird security update | 24 Mar 200900:00 | – | redhat |
Tenable Nessus | Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64 | 1 Aug 201200:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | Firefox 3.0.x < 3.0.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities | 5 Mar 200900:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (MozillaFirefox-591) | 21 Jul 200900:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 8.10 : firefox-3.0, xulrunner-1.9 vulnerabilities (USN-728-1) | 23 Apr 200900:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (MozillaFirefox-591) | 21 Jul 200900:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : firefox (MDVSA-2009:075) | 23 Apr 200900:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | Oracle Linux 5 : firefox (ELSA-2009-0315) | 12 Jul 201300:00 | – | nessus |
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#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:0315 and
# CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2009:0315 respectively.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
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script_version("1.20");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-0040", "CVE-2009-0771", "CVE-2009-0772", "CVE-2009-0773", "CVE-2009-0774", "CVE-2009-0775", "CVE-2009-0776", "CVE-2009-0777");
script_bugtraq_id(33827, 33990);
script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2009:0315");
script_name(english:"CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2009:0315)");
script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"An updated firefox package that fixes various security issues is now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.
This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the
Red Hat Security Response Team.
Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser.
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 as the user running Firefox.
(CVE-2009-0040, CVE-2009-0771, CVE-2009-0772, CVE-2009-0773,
CVE-2009-0774, CVE-2009-0775)
Several flaws were found in the way malformed content was processed. A
website containing specially crafted content could, potentially, trick
a Firefox user into surrendering sensitive information.
(CVE-2009-0776, CVE-2009-0777)
For technical details regarding these flaws, please see the Mozilla
security advisories for Firefox 3.0.7. You can find a link to the
Mozilla advisories in the References section of this errata.
All Firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain Firefox version 3.0.7, and which correct these issues. After
installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to
take effect."
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# https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2009-April/015752.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?e2ecdd79"
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# https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2009-April/015753.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?a8bcd2e6"
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# https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2009-April/015818.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?6b08c77c"
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# https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2009-April/015819.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?f1da6aa2"
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# https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2009-March/015665.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?6cc0e5d2"
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# https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2009-March/015666.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?1300b7cc"
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# https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2009-March/015669.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?29958dbe"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:"Update the affected firefox packages."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_cwe_id(20, 94, 200, 399);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:firefox");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:firefox-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xulrunner");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xulrunner-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xulrunner-devel-unstable");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:4");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2009/02/22");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/04/09");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/03/08");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"CentOS Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/CentOS/release", "Host/CentOS/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/release");
if (isnull(release) || "CentOS" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "CentOS(?: Linux)? release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "CentOS");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(4|5)([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS 4.x / 5.x", "CentOS " + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && "ia64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "CentOS", cpu);
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", reference:"firefox-3.0.7-1.el4.centos")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-1.el4.centos")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-5", reference:"firefox-3.0.7-1.el5.centos")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-5", reference:"xulrunner-1.9.0.7-1.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-5", reference:"xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.7-1.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-5", reference:"xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.7-1.el5")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : rpm_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "firefox / firefox-debuginfo / xulrunner / xulrunner-devel / etc");
}
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