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Firefox 3.6.x < 3.6.22 Untrusted CA

🗓️ 08 Sep 2011 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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The remote Windows host contains a web browser that contains support for an untrustworthy certificate authority. Installed version of Firefox 3.6.x is earlier than 3.6.22

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Code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(56119);
  script_version("1.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/06/23");

  script_name(english:"Firefox 3.6.x < 3.6.22 Untrusted CA");
  script_summary(english:"Checks version of Firefox");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Windows host contains a web browser that contains support
for an untrustworthy certificate authority.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The installed version of Firefox 3.6.x is earlier than 3.6.22.  Due
to a recent attack against certificate authority DigiNotar, Mozilla
has added explicit distrust to the DigiNotar root certificate and
several intermediates in this version of Firefox. 

Note this is a further fix to MFSA 2011-34, which removed the
DigiNotar root certificate.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2011-35/");
  # https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=683261,683449,683883
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?a36daf9d");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Firefox 3.6.22 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N");


  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2011/09/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2011/09/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2011/09/08");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Windows");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2026 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_dependencies("mozilla_org_installed.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Mozilla/Firefox/Version");

  exit(0);
}

include('vdf.inc');

# @tvdl-content
var vuln_data = {
  "metadata": {
    "spec_version": "1.0"
  },
  "requires": [
    {
      "scope": "target",
      "match": {
        "os": "windows"
      }
    }
  ],
  "checks": [
    {
      "product": {
        "name": "Mozilla Firefox",
        "type": "app"
      },
      "check_algorithm": "default",
      "constraints": [
        {
          "min_version": "3.6",
          "fixed_version": "3.6.22"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
};

var vdf_result = vdf::check_and_report(vuln_data:vuln_data, severity:SECURITY_WARNING);
vdf::handle_check_and_report_errors(vdf_result:vdf_result);

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