RHEL 2.1 : mozilla (RHSA-2003:163)

high Nessus Plugin ID 12394

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated Mozilla packages that fix various bugs and security issues in previous versions of Mozilla are now available.

Mozilla is an open source Web browser.

A heap-based buffer overflow in Netscape and Mozilla allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a jar: URL that references a malformed .jar file, which overflows a buffer during decompression.

These errata packages upgrade Mozilla to version 1.0.2, which is not vulnerable to this issue. Mozilla 1.0.2 also contains a number of other stability and security updates.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2002-1308

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/releases/mozilla1.0.2/

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:163

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 12394

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2003-163.nasl

Version: 1.28

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/6/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:galeon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mozilla, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mozilla-chat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mozilla-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mozilla-dom-inspector, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mozilla-js-debugger, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mozilla-mail, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mozilla-nspr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mozilla-nspr-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mozilla-nss, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mozilla-nss-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mozilla-psm, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 10/15/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/29/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-1308

RHSA: 2003:163