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Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2014-45) - Linux

2021-11-1100:00:00
Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH
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7.8 High

AI Score

Confidence

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0.002 Low

EPSS

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52.7%

This host is missing a security update for Mozilla Firefox.

# Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH
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CPE = "cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.2.1.2014.45");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-1492");
  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:"4.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");

  script_name("Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2014-45) - 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:"MFSA2014-45");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2014-45/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=903885");

  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:"Incorrect IDNA domain name matching for wildcard certificates
Security researcher Christian Heimes reported that the Network Security
Services (NSS) library does not handle IDNA domain prefixes according to RFC 6125 for wildcard
certificates. This leads to improper wildcard matching of domains when they
should not be matched in compliance with the specification. This issue was fixed
in NSS version 3.16.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Firefox version(s) below 29.");

  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: "29")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "29", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: 0, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);