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HistorySep 11, 2009 - 12:00 a.m.

Mozilla Firefox Multiple Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities - Sep09 (Linux)

2009-09-1100:00:00
Copyright (C) 2009 SecPod
plugins.openvas.org
29

0.906 High

EPSS

Percentile

98.5%

The host is installed with Firefox browser and is prone to multiple
Denial of Service vulnerabilities.

###############################################################################
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: secpod_firefox_mult_dos_vuln_sep09_lin.nasl 5055 2017-01-20 14:08:39Z teissa $
#
# Mozilla Firefox Multiple Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities - Sep09 (Linux)
#
# Authors:
# Sharath S <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2009 SecPod, http://www.secpod.com
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
# (or any later version), as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
###############################################################################

tag_impact = "A remote, unauthenticated attacker could execute arbitrary code or cause
  a vulnerable application to crash.
  Impact Level: System/Application";
tag_affected = "Mozilla Firefox version prior to 3.0.14 on Linux.";
tag_insight = "- Multiple errors in the browser and JavaScript engines can be exploited
    to corrupt memory.
  - The warning dialog displayed when adding or removing security modules
    via 'pkcs11.addmodule' or 'pkcs11.deletemodule' does not contain enough
    information. This can be exploited to potentially trick a user into
    installing a malicious PKCS11 module.";
tag_solution = "Upgrade to Firefox version 3.0.14 or later
  http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html";
tag_summary = "The host is installed with Firefox browser and is prone to multiple
  Denial of Service vulnerabilities.";

if(description)
{
  script_id(900848);
  script_version("$Revision: 5055 $");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-01-20 15:08:39 +0100 (Fri, 20 Jan 2017) $");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-09-11 18:01:06 +0200 (Fri, 11 Sep 2009)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2009-3070", "CVE-2009-3074", "CVE-2009-3076");
  script_bugtraq_id(36343);
  script_name("Mozilla Firefox Multiple Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities - Sep09 (Linux)");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://secunia.com/advisories/36671/");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-47.html");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-48.html");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 SecPod");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("gb_firefox_detect_lin.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Firefox/Linux/Ver");
  script_tag(name : "impact" , value : tag_impact);
  script_tag(name : "affected" , value : tag_affected);
  script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
  script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
  script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  exit(0);
}


include("version_func.inc");

ffVer = get_kb_item("Firefox/Linux/Ver");
if(!ffVer)
{
  exit(0);
}

# Grep for Firefox version < 3.0.14
if(version_is_less(version:ffVer, test_version:"3.0.14")){
  security_message(0);
}

0.906 High

EPSS

Percentile

98.5%