Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2016-75) - Linux
🗓️ 08 Nov 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbHType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 83 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla Firefox < 48.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities | 26 Aug 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (CESA-2016:1912) | 23 Sep 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DLA-658-1 : icedove security update | 17 Oct 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DSA-3674-1 : firefox-esr - security update | 23 Sep 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : firefox (EulerOS-SA-2016-1046) | 1 May 201700:00 | – | nessus | |
| FreeBSD : Mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (aa1aefe3-6e37-47db-bfda-343ef4acb1b5) | 12 Sep 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| GLSA-201701-15 : Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities (SWEET32) | 4 Jan 201700:00 | – | nessus | |
| Mozilla Firefox ESR 45.x < 45.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X) | 22 Sep 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Firefox < 48 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X) | 5 Aug 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| MiracleLinux 7 : firefox-45.4.0-1.0.1.el7.AXS7 (AXSA:2016-681:07) | 16 Jan 202600:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| mozilla | www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-75/ |
| bugzilla | www.bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi |
# Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.2.1.2016.75");
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);
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08 Nov 2021 00:00Current
9.3Critical risk
Vulners AI Score9.3
CVSS 27.5
CVSS 38.8
EPSS0.04178