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Mozilla Firefox Multiple Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities - Sep09 (Linux)
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
10.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
14 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The host is installed with Firefox browser and is prone to multiple Denial of Service vulnerabilities.
Insight
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.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Mozilla Firefox version prior to 3.0.14 on Linux.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Firefox version 3.0.14 or later.