Lucene search

K
openvasCopyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbHOPENVAS:13614125623121201245
HistoryNov 11, 2021 - 12:00 a.m.

Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2012-45) - Linux

2021-11-1100:00:00
Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH
plugins.openvas.org
2

9.5 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.027 Low

EPSS

Percentile

90.4%

This host is missing a security update for Mozilla Firefox.

# Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.

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

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.2.1.2012.45");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-1955");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-11-11 09:42:47 +0000 (Thu, 11 Nov 2021)");
  script_version("2021-11-15T09:13:07+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2021-11-15 09:13:07 +0000 (Mon, 15 Nov 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_name("Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2012-45) - 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:"MFSA2012-45");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-45/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=757376");

  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:"Spoofing issue with location
Security researcher Mariusz Mlynski reported an issue with
spoofing of the location property. In this issue, calls to history.forward and
history.back are used to navigate to a site while displaying the previous site
in the addressbar but changing the baseURI to the newer site. This can be used
for phishing by allowing the user to input form or other data on the newer,
attacking, site while appearing to be on the older, displayed site.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Firefox version(s) below 14.");

  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: "14")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "14", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: 0, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

9.5 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.027 Low

EPSS

Percentile

90.4%