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HistoryNov 11, 2021 - 12:00 a.m.

Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2014-89) - Linux

2021-11-1100:00:00
Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH
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5.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.057 Low

EPSS

Percentile

93.3%

This host is missing a security update for Mozilla Firefox.

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

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.2.1.2014.89");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-1594");
  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:"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 (MFSA2014-89) - 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:"MFSA2014-89");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2014-89/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1074280");

  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:"Bad casting from the BasicThebesLayer to BasicContainerLayer
Security researchers Byoungyoung Lee, Chengyu Song, and Taesoo
Kim at the Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC) reported a
bad casting from the BasicThebesLayer to
BasicContainerLayer, resulting in undefined behavior. This behavior
is potentially exploitable with some compilers but no clear mechanism to trigger
it through web content was identified.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Firefox version(s) below 34.");

  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: "34")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "34", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: 0, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

5.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.057 Low

EPSS

Percentile

93.3%