Fedora Core 5 : devhelp-0.11-7.fc5 / epiphany-2.14.3-6.fc5 / seamonkey-1.0.9-1.fc5 / etc (2007-552)

high Nessus Plugin ID 25378

Synopsis

The remote Fedora Core host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated seamonkey packages that fix several security bugs are now available for Fedora Core 5.

This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Fedora Security Response Team.

SeaMonkey is an open source Web browser, advanced email and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editor.

Several flaws were found in the way SeaMonkey processed certain malformed JavaScript code. A web page containing malicious JavaScript code could cause SeaMonkey to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code as the user running SeaMonkey. (CVE-2007-2867, CVE-2007-2868)

A flaw was found in the way SeaMonkey handled certain FTP PASV commands. A malicious FTP server could use this flaw to perform a rudimentary port-scan of machines behind a user's firewall.
(CVE-2007-1562)

Several denial of service flaws were found in the way SeaMonkey handled certain form and cookie data. A malicious website that is able to set arbitrary form and cookie data could prevent SeaMonkey from functioning properly. (CVE-2007-1362, CVE-2007-2869)

A flaw was found in the way SeaMonkey processed certain APOP authentication requests. By sending certain responses when SeaMonkey attempted to authenticate against an APOP server, a remote attacker could potentially acquire certain portions of a user's authentication credentials. (CVE-2007-1558)

A flaw was found in the way SeaMonkey handled the addEventListener JavaScript method. A malicious website could use this method to access or modify sensitive data from another website. (CVE-2007-2870)

A flaw was found in the way SeaMonkey displayed certain web content. A malicious web page could generate content that would overlay user interface elements such as the hostname and security indicators, tricking users into thinking they are visiting a different site.
(CVE-2007-2871)

Users of SeaMonkey are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages, which contain SeaMonkey version 1.0.9 that corrects these issues.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 25378

File Name: fedora_2007-552.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 6/4/2007

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:devhelp, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:devhelp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:devhelp-devel, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:epiphany, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:epiphany-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:epiphany-devel, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:seamonkey, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:seamonkey-chat, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:seamonkey-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:seamonkey-devel, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:seamonkey-dom-inspector, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:seamonkey-js-debugger, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:seamonkey-mail, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:yelp, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:yelp-debuginfo, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:5

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/31/2007

Reference Information

FEDORA: 2007-552

Detections

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