The host is installed with Mozilla Firefox and is prone to
multiple Denial of Service vulnerabilities.
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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: secpod_firefox_mult_dos_vuln_win.nasl 5394 2017-02-22 09:22:42Z teissa $
#
# Mozilla Firefox Multiple Denial Of Service vulnerabilities (Windows)
#
# Authors:
# Antu Sanadi <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2010 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.
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tag_impact = "Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to cause a denial of
service.
Impact Level: Application";
tag_affected = "Firefox version 3.6.3 and prior on windows XP SP3 and prior.";
tag_insight = "Multiple flaws are due to,
- A 'NULL' pointer dereference error when handling 'JavaScript' code that
performs certain string concatenation and substring operations.
- An out-of-bounds read errors when handling 'JavaScript' code that appends
long strings to the content of a 'P' element, and performs certain other
string concatenation and substring operations.
- An erro when handling 'JavaScript' code that creates multiple arrays
containing elements with long string values, and then appends long strings
to the content of a 'P' element.";
tag_solution = "No solution or patch was made available for at least one year
since disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore.
General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective
features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.";
tag_summary = "The host is installed with Mozilla Firefox and is prone to
multiple Denial of Service vulnerabilities.";
if(description)
{
script_id(902186);
script_version("$Revision: 5394 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-02-22 10:22:42 +0100 (Wed, 22 Feb 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-05-25 13:56:16 +0200 (Tue, 25 May 2010)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2010-1986", "CVE-2010-1987", "CVE-2010-1988");
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_name("Mozilla Firefox Multiple Denial Of Service vulnerabilities (Windows)");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://websecurity.com.ua/4206/");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/511329/100/0/threaded");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2010 SecPod");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_firefox_detect_win.nasl");
script_require_keys("Firefox/Win/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:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");
exit(0);
}
include("secpod_reg.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
# check windows XP SP3
if(hotfix_check_sp(xp:4) <= 0){
exit(0);
}
# Firefox Check
ffVer = get_kb_item("Firefox/Win/Ver");
if(ffVer)
{
# Grep for Firefox version <= 3.6.3
if(version_is_less_equal(version:ffVer, test_version:"3.6.3")){
security_message(0);
}
}