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FreeBSD : mozilla -- NULL bytes in FTP URLs (7c188c55-0cb0-11d9-8a8a-000c41e2cdad)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18996

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

When handling FTP URLs containing NULL bytes, Mozilla will interpret the file content as HTML. This may allow unexpected execution of JavaScript when viewing plain text or other file types via FTP.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=250906

http://www.nessus.org/u?e5d452cb

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18996

File Name: freebsd_pkg_7c188c550cb011d98a8a000c41e2cdad.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:firefox, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:linux-mozilla, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:linux-mozilla-devel, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mozilla, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mozilla-gtk1, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 9/22/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/11/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0760