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Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2013-53) - Linux

🗓️ 11 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. Execution of unmapped memory through onreadystatechange event may cause a crash and is potentially exploitable

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# Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
#
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# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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#
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# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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CPE = "cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.2.1.2013.53");
  script_xref(name:"CISA", value:"Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) catalog");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2013-1690");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-11-11 09:42:47 +0000 (Thu, 11 Nov 2021)");
  script_version("2024-07-10T05:05:27+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-07-10 05:05:27 +0000 (Wed, 10 Jul 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2024-07-09 18:25:57 +0000 (Tue, 09 Jul 2024)");

  script_name("Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2013-53) - 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:"MFSA2013-53");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-53/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=857883");

  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:"Execution of unmapped memory through onreadystatechange event
Security researcher Nils reported that specially crafted web
content using the onreadystatechange event and reloading of pages
could sometimes cause a crash when unmapped memory is executed. This crash is
potentially exploitable.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Firefox version(s) below 22.");

  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: "22")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "22", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: 0, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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