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Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2011-36) - Linux

🗓️ 16 Nov 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbHType 
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This host is missing a security update for Mozilla Firefox. Miscellaneous memory safety hazards identified and fixed for Firefox versions below 3.6.23 and below 7

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CPE = "cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.2.1.2011.36");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2011-2995", "CVE-2011-2996", "CVE-2011-2997");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-11-16 11:08:07 +0000 (Tue, 16 Nov 2021)");
  script_version("2021-12-09T10:59:33+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2021-12-09 10:59:33 +0000 (Thu, 09 Dec 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");

  script_name("Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2011-36) - Linux");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("gb_firefox_detect_lin.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("mozilla/firefox/linux/detected");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"MFSA2011-36");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2011-36/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=655098,660453,662215,665360");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=672436,667011,671756,657198,667507,658864,661567,664930,668941,669228,670319,673757,678818,552002");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=555018");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host is missing a security update for Mozilla Firefox.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:7.0 / rv:1.9.2.23)
Mozilla developers identified and fixed several memory safety bugs
in the browser engine used in Firefox and other Mozilla-based
products. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption
under certain circumstances, and we presume that with enough effort at
least some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Firefox version(s) below 3.6.23 and below 7.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"The vendor has released an update. Please see the reference(s) for more information.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "3.6.23")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "3.6.23", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: 0, data: report);
  exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "4", test_version_up: "7")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "7", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: 0, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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09 Dec 2021 00:00Current
9.6High risk
Vulners AI Score9.6
CVSS 210
EPSS0.05459
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