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HistoryNov 08, 2021 - 12:00 a.m.

Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2016-75) - Linux

2021-11-0800:00:00
Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH
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9.3 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.019 Low

EPSS

Percentile

88.5%

This host is missing a security update for Mozilla Firefox.

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

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.2.1.2016.75");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-5261");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-11-08 15:21:25 +0000 (Mon, 08 Nov 2021)");
  script_version("2021-11-08T15:21:25+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2021-11-08 15:21:25 +0000 (Mon, 08 Nov 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/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:"2018-06-11 23:29:00 +0000 (Mon, 11 Jun 2018)");

  script_name("Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2016-75) - 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:"MFSA2016-75");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-75/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1287266");

  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:"Integer overflow in WebSockets during data buffering
Security researcher Samuel Gross reported an integer overflow error in
WebSockets during data buffering on incoming packets when an allocated buffer is resized
incorrectly. This results in the buffer array holding the data being shrunk, instead of
grown, resulting in attacker controlled data being written at a known offset from the
newly allocated buffer. This results in a potentially exploitable crash.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Firefox version(s) below 48.");

  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: "48")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "48", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: 0, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);