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Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2012-28) - Linux

2021-11-1100:00:00
Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH
plugins.openvas.org
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mozilla firefox
security update
ambiguous ipv6
origin headers
webserver access restrictions

CVSS2

2.6

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

AI Score

9.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.01

Percentile

83.3%

This host is missing a security update for Mozilla Firefox.

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

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.2.1.2012.28");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-0475");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-11-11 09:42:47 +0000 (Thu, 11 Nov 2021)");
  script_version("2021-11-15T09:54:42+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2021-11-15 09:54:42 +0000 (Mon, 15 Nov 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"2.6");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");

  script_name("Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2012-28) - 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:"MFSA2012-28");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-28/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=694576");

  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:"Ambiguous IPv6 in Origin headers may bypass webserver access restrictions
Security researcher Simone Fabiano reported that if a
cross-site XHR or WebSocket is opened on a web server on a non-standard port for
web traffic while using an IPv6 address, the browser will send an ambiguous
origin headers if the IPv6 address contains at least 2 consecutive 16-bit fields
of zeroes. If there is an origin access control list that uses IPv6 literals,
this issue could be used to bypass these access controls on the server.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Firefox version(s) below 12.");

  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: "12")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "12", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: 0, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

CVSS2

2.6

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

AI Score

9.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.01

Percentile

83.3%