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Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2013-66) - Linux
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
This host is missing a security update for Mozilla Firefox.
Insight
Insight
Buffer overflow in Mozilla Maintenance Service and Mozilla Updater Security researcher Seb Patane reported stack buffer overflows in both the Maintenance Service and the Mozilla Updater when unexpectedly long paths were encountered. A local attacker could pass these as command-line arguments to the Maintenance Service to crash either program and potentially lead to arbitrary code being run with the Administrator privileges used by the Maintenance Service and inherited by the Updater.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Firefox version(s) below 23.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
The vendor has released an update. Please see the reference(s) for more information.