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Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2015-61) - Linux

2021-11-1100:00:00
Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH
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mozilla firefox
security update
linux
type confusion
indexed database manager
memory corruption
exploitable crash
vendorfix

CVSS2

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

AI Score

4.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.027

Percentile

90.5%

This host is missing a security update for Mozilla Firefox.

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

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.2.1.2015.61");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-2728");
  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:"7.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_name("Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2015-61) - 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:"MFSA2015-61");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-61/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1142210");

  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:"Type confusion in Indexed Database Manager
Security researcher Paul Bandha reported a type confusion
error where part of IDBDatabase is read by the Indexed Database
Manager and incorrectly used as a pointer when it shouldn't be used as such.
This leads to memory corruption and the possibility of an exploitable crash.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Firefox version(s) below 39.");

  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: "39")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "39", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: 0, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

CVSS2

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

AI Score

4.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.027

Percentile

90.5%