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Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2015-129) - 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. Certain escaped characters in the host of the Location-header are treated as non-escaped. Affected Firefox version(s) below 42

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# 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
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# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
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# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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CPE = "cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.2.1.2015.129");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-7195");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-11-11 08:00:11 +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:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");

  script_name("Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2015-129) - 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:"MFSA2015-129");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-129/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1211871");

  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:"Certain escaped characters in host of Location-header are being treated as non-escaped
Security researcher Frans Rosen reported that URLs with certain
escaped characters in hostnames are parsed incorrectly. This leads to parsing being
abandoned when an effected escaped character is encountered followed by a navigation to
the previously parsed version of the URL. When combined with a site allowing for
navigation redirection that allows for escaped characters, this could lead to potential
extraction of site specific tokens.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Firefox version(s) below 42.");

  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: "42")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "42", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: 0, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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15 Nov 2021 00:00Current
9.6Critical risk
Vulners AI Score9.6
CVSS 25
EPSS0.02183
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